從字原來看，com-plex是「把很多元件組合到一起」，所以造成複雜原因是因子
太多讓人分不清楚。而complicate是「把同樣一件事物反覆摺疊」，所以最後
無法辨識來龍去脈。
http://www.answers.com/complex
complex (adj.) 1. a. Consisting of interconnected or interwoven parts;
composite.
b. Composed of two or more units: a complex carbohydrate.
2. Involved or intricate, as in structure; complicated.
3. Grammar.
a. Consisting of at least one bound form. Used of a word.
b. Consisting of an independent clause and at least one other
independent or dependent clause. Used of a sentence.
(n.) 1. A whole composed of interconnected or interwoven parts: a
complex of cities and suburbs; the military-industrial complex.
2. In psychology, a group of related, often repressed ideas and
impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings,
and behavior. No longer in scientific use.
3. An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear.
4. Medicine. The combination of factors, symptoms, or signs of a
disease or disorder that forms a syndrome.
[Latin complexus, past participle of complectī, to entwine. See complect.]
SYNONYMS complex, complicated, intricate, involved, tangled, knotty. These
adjectives mean having parts so interconnected as to make the whole
perplexing. Complex implies a combination of many associated parts: The
composer transformed a simple folk tune into a complex set of variations.
Complicated stresses elaborate relationship of parts: The party's complicated
platform confused many voters. Intricate refers to a pattern of intertwining
parts that is difficult to follow or analyze: “No one could soar into a more
intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology” (Anthony Trollope). Involved
stresses confusion arising from the commingling of parts and the consequent
difficulty of separating them: The movie's plot was criticized as being too
involved. Tangled strongly suggests the random twisting of many parts: “Oh,
what a tangled web we weave,/When first we practice to deceive!” (Sir Walter
Scott). Knotty stresses intellectual complexity leading to difficulty of
solution or comprehension: Even the professor couldn't clarify the knotty
point.
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http://www.answers.com/complicate
complicate (v.) 1. To make or become complex or perplexing.
2. To twist or become twisted together.
(adj.) 1. Complex, intricate, and involved.
2. Biology. Folded longitudinally one or several times, as
certain leaves or the wings of some insects.
[Latin complicāre, complicāt-, to fold together : com-, com- + plicāre, to
fold.]
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http://www.etymonline.com
complex
c.1652, "composed of parts," from Fr. complexe, from L. complexus
"surrounding, encompassing," pp. of complecti "to encircle, embrace," from
com- "with" + plectere "to weave, braid, twine." The adj. meaning "not easily
analyzed" is first recorded 1715. Psychological sense of "connected group of
repressed ideas" was established by C.G. Jung, 1907.
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