complexion
英 [kəmˈplekʃn] 美 [kəmˈplɛkʃən]

n.

肤色，面色，气色；形式，局面；

变形

复数：complexions

双语释义

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

complexion[ kəm'plekʃən ]

• n.
  • the coloring of a person's face

    同义词：skin colorskin colour

  • a combination that results from coupling or interlinking

    "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"

  • a point of view or general attitude or inclination

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

  • texture and appearance of the skin of the face

    同义词：skin condition

  • (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
• v.give a certain color to

  "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

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

词组短语

sallow complexion面色萎黄

同近义词辨析

nature, complexion, personality, disposition, character, temper

这组词都有“性格、气质、性情、习性”的意思，其区别是：

nature指天生的、不可改变性格。

complexion指由思维方式、态度和情绪所决定的本质特征。

personality主要指一个人稳定的心理特征。

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。

character指对个性或人格所作出的客观评价，常常与道德有关。

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。

双语例句

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。

权威例句

The Moral Complexion of Consumption
Complexion: A new concept for kinetic engineering in materials science
Moral Complexion of Consumption | Journal of Consumer Research | Oxford Academic
The Complexion of Race:Categories of Difference in Eighteenth-Century British Culture
The Complexion of Race: Categories of Difference in Eighteenth‐Century British Culture
Relating Grain‐Boundary Complexion to Grain‐Boundary Kinetics I: Calcia‐Doped Alumina
Mechanisms Regulating Skin Pigmentation: The Rise and Fall of Complexion Coloration
www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms Mechanisms Regulating Skin Pigmentation: The Rise and Fall of Complexion Coloration
COSMETIC USE OF TENSING AGENTS TO IMPROVE THE THICKNESS OF THE SKIN AND/OR THE RADIANCE OF THE COMPLEXION
USE IN A COSMETIC COMPOSITION OF LIPOCHROMAN-6 TO ENHANCE THE RADIANCE OF THE COMPLEXION OF THE SKIN, ESPECIALLY THE SKIN OF THE FACE