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Picture a plan that was straightforward until one more thing arrived and made every step harder — not the original problem, but a new knot on top of it. A complication is always second: it needs something already in progress to . In hospitals the word keeps exactly that shape, for a new problem that turns up on top of the illness.
可以想成：本來很單純的一件事，因為多出一項狀況，每一步都變難了——那不是原本的問題，而是疊在上面的一個新結。comp…更多收起
可以想成：本來很單純的一件事，因為多出一項狀況，每一步都變難了——那不是原本的問題，而是疊在上面的一個新結。complication 永遠是後來的：一定要先有一件正在進行的事，它才有東西可以「弄複雜」。醫院裡用的也是同一個形狀：在原本的病之上又冒出來的新問題。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
complicationnoun/ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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The act or process of complicating.
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The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
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A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
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medicinesciencesA disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
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hobbieshorologylifestyleA feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
- Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.
- In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.
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obsoleteA twisting or intertwining.
- the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。