复杂句:一种句子结构,通常包含一个主句(independent clause)和至少一个从句(dependent/subordinate clause),用来表达更复杂的时间、原因、条件、让步等关系。(也常与“compound sentence 并列句”区分。)
/ˈkɑːmpleks ˈsentəns/
I wrote a complex sentence with a time clause.
我写了一个带时间从句的复杂句。
Although the weather was terrible, we decided to continue the trip because we had planned it for months.
尽管天气很糟,我们还是决定继续旅行,因为我们已经计划了好几个月。
complex 来自拉丁语 complexus,意为“交织在一起的、由多部分构成的”;sentence 来自拉丁语 sententia,原意为“观点、判断、意思”,后来在语法中指“表达完整意思的句子”。合起来 complex sentence 就是“由主句与从句交织构成、表达更完整关系的句子”。