complexion

英 [kəm'plekʃn] 美 [kəm'plekʃn]

• n. 肤色；面色；体质；特性；局面

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]肤色,面色

   natural color and appearance of the skin of the face

2. [S]局面,形势

   general character or aspect of sth

英英释义

Noun:

1. the coloring of a person's face

2. a combination that results from coupling or interlinking;

   "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
   

3. a point of view or general attitude or inclination;

   "he altered the complexion of his times"
   "a liberal political complexion"
   

4. texture and appearance of the skin of the face

5. (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament

Verb:

1. give a certain color to;

   "The setting sun complexioned the hills"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That colour doesn't suit your complexion.
   那颜色不适合你的肤色。
2. He has a dark complexion.
   他肤色黝黑。
3. She has a pale complexion.
   她面色苍白。
4. Her sparkling jewellery served as the perfect foil for her fine complexion.
   她戴着闪闪生辉的首饰,更显得容貌姣好。
5. This great victory changed the complexion of the war.
   这次大捷使整个战局为之改观。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She has a beautiful complexion.
   她肤色很美。
2. My resignation puts a different complexion on things.
   我一辞职则情随事迁。

经典引文

• What you say puts a very different complexion on the matter.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

• People of varying political complexion.

  出自： L. Woolf

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• dark complexion 脸色黑
• fair complexion 脸色白
• good complexion 脸色好
• sallow complexion 脸色黄

～+介词

• the complexion of the war 战局

词义辨析

temper，character，nature，personality，disposition，complexion

• 这些名词均有“性格、气质、性情、习性”之意。
• temper指从感情方面体现出来，决定处理问题或应付形势的方式的性格或性情，这种性情可以是暂时的也可以长久的。
• character指对个性或人格所作出的客观评价，常常与道德有关。
• nature指其天性。
• personality主要指个性。
• disposition书面用词，指人的主要爱好或思想、精神方面的重要习性、气质。也可指短暂的情绪。
• complexion指由思维方式、态度和情绪所决定的本质特征。

近反义词

【近义词】

• appearance 出现
• look 看
• pigment 色素
• color 颜色
• tone 语气
• countenance 面容
• air 空气
• bouquet 花束
• character 个性
• nature 自然界
• skin 皮肤
• face 表面
• cast 掷
• aspect 方面
• skin colour 皮肤色泽
• skin color 肤色
• disposition 性情
• personality 个性
• temper 脾气