complexity

複雑さ

多くの要素が互いに関係し、理解するのが難しいこと。

やさしい英語で： The quality of having many connected parts that are difficult to understand.

• The complexity of the task surprised me.
• New rules have increased the system’s complexity.
• We need to reduce complexity without losing important information.

使い方： complexity of something (She explained the complexity of the problem.)

類義語： complication, intricacy

反対語： simplicity

よく使う表現： increasing complexity, great complexity, complexity of something

複雑な要素、難点

理解や対処を難しくする細かな事情や特徴。

やさしい英語で： A detail or feature that makes something difficult to understand or deal with.

• The agreement contains an extra complexity.
• She explained the legal complexities of buying land.
• We had overlooked several complexities in the plan.

類義語： complication

よく使う表現： added complexity, legal complexity, complexity in something