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IELTS BNC: 9586 COCA: 10375

complexion

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Related topics: Hair & beauty
com·plex·ion /kəmˈplekʃən/ noun  
1  [countableC]DCB the natural colour or appearance of the skin on your face 面色，面容，气色
 Drinking water is good for the complexion.
喝水让气色变好。
pale/fair/ruddy etc complexion (=a pale, fair, red etc face) 苍白/白皙/红润等的面色
fair-complexioned/smooth-complexioned etc
 She was fair-complexioned with blonde hair.
她皮肤白皙，一头金发。
2  [singular]CHARACTER OF something the general character or nature of something 一般性质；一般特征
 Crime has risen under governments of every political complexion.
无论什么样的政府当政，犯罪率都在上升。
3  put a different/new/fresh complexion on something to make a situation or event seem different 使形势[事情]改变
 This document puts a different complexion on the matter.
这份文件使事情有了新的变化。
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put a different/new/fresh complexion on something• It may put a different complexion on things.• To me, the fact that she hasn't been heard of again in seventeen years puts a different complexion on it.
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
pale (=lacking colour and often not healthy)
Her complexion was pale and spotty.
fair (=light in colour)
People with fair complexions should use plenty of sunscreen.
dark
Bright colours may suit you if your complexion is dark.
clear (=without any spots)
Eating fresh fruit and vegetables will help keep your complexion clear.
a fresh/healthy complexion (=healthy and clean)
a young man with a fresh complexion
a flawless/perfect complexion (=perfect and with no marks or spots)
Foundation is meant to give the illusion of a flawless complexion.
a tanned complexion (=brown because of the sun)
He looked distinguished with his greying hair and tanned complexion.
a ruddy complexion (=reddish in colour – used mostly about men)
He had black hair and a ruddy complexion.
a florid complexion literary (=red in an unpleasant or unhealthy way)
He had the florid complexion of a man who drinks too much.
an olive complexion (=the skin colour that is typical of Greek, Italian, Turkish etc people)
These colours complement an olive complexion.
a glowing/rosy/pink complexion (=healthy and pink – used about women or children)
a sallow complexion (=slightly yellow)
A sallow complexion can be a sign of illness.
a swarthy complexion literary (=dark)
She had never met anyone with his swarthy complexion.
a bad complexion (=with spots or marks on it)
a blotchy complexion (=with unpleasant red patches of colour in the skin)
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complexion• The Trinity House records of the time describe him as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with black hair and dark complexion.• She has collar-length curly blonde hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion.• His eyes were an astounding blue and his complexion was ruddy from a life spent mostly at sea.• Alice is lighter in complexion than her mother.• To describe myself as Black in a situation where most people shared my complexion was absurd.• The difference goes far deeper than the political complexion of the government.• If their complexion was their most celebrated feature, then perhaps a long necklace of perfect pearls.• Too much sun is bad for your complexion.
pale/fair/ruddy etc complexion• She has collar-length curly blonde hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion.• He was a small man with a shock of white hair, and a ruddy complexion from his liking for port.• Ada was a particularly striking young lady, with a pale complexion contrasted by very dark hair.• He identified Davis as one of the people and described the other as a stocky woman with a ruddy complexion.• Some of the mummies had long, dark hair and incredibly well preserved faces, even an almost fair complexion.• Ritu had been chosen on account of her suitable family background and her fair complexion.• No emotion showed on Dempster's impassive face, only a slight pallor in his normally ruddy complexion.• A non-smoker and a teetotaller, Taylor was stockily built and of fair complexion.
Origin complexion
(1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin complexio, from Latin, “combination”, from complexus; → COMPLEX1
com·plex·ion noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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IELTS BNC: 9586 COCA: 10375
complexion

noun¹

 1skin/face膚色；面色ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPLEXION ADJECTIVE➤beautiful, clear, flawless, fresh, glowing, healthy, lovely, nice, perfect動人的膚色；光潔的皮膚；無瑕的皮膚；好氣色；容光煥發的氣色；健康的面色；極好的氣色▸➤dull, pallid, pasty, sallow灰暗的皮膚；蒼白的面色；蠟黃的面色▸➤creamy, fair, light, milky, pale奶油色的／白皙的／淺色的／乳白色的／蒼白的皮膚▸➤dark, olive, swarthy, tan, tanned黝黑的皮膚；橄欖色的皮膚；曬黑了的膚色▸➤florid, pink, rosy, ruddy紅潤的面色；白裏透紅的面色◇a young girl with a rosy complexion面色紅潤的年輕女孩➤smooth光滑的皮膚VERB + COMPLEXION➤have有⋯皮膚▸➤give sb使某人面色⋯◇Years of heavy drinking had given Moira a florid complexion.常年酗酒使莫伊拉面色緋紅。
complexion

noun²

 2general nature/character of sth性質；特點ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPLEXION ADJECTIVE➤different, new不同的／新的面貌▸➤political, social政治／社會性質◇a change in the political complexion of the council市政會政治性質的變化VERB + COMPLEXION➤put, take on帶上⋯性質◇What you have told us puts a different complexion on the situation.你所告訴我們的信息使情況的性質大為不同了。◇The joke took on a rather serious complexion when the police became involved.當涉及到警察時，玩笑就變得嚴肅起來了。➤change改變性質◇Hughes helped change the complexion of Hollywood.休斯促進了好萊塢面貌的改變。
IELTS BNC: 9586 COCA: 10375
complexion noun
⇨ colour 2
IELTS BNC: 9586 COCA: 10375

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