complex-focus：补偿都是挣来的 / 四六文摘

【造词理据】com-前缀，表一起（together、with），词根plex源自PIE词根*plek-（辫子=plait），P是F的通转，F表木栓、木钉，引申指拴住、折叠、编（辫子），在这里指编织在一起的，即情结、难解的、费解的、复杂的。

【例句】The next steps are to understand the mechanisms through which languageshelp us construct the incredibly complex knowledge systems we have.

下一步的工作是设法理解什么样的语言能帮助我们能够构建如此不可思议的复杂知识系统的机制。

【同根词】accomplice; application; apply; complex; complexion; complicate; complication; complicity; deploy; display; duplex; duplicate; duplicity; employ; explicate; explicit; exploit; flax; implex; implicate; implication; implicit; imply; multiply; perplex; perplexity; plait; plash (v.2) "to interlace;" pleat; -plex; plexus; pliable; pliant; plie; plight (n.1) "condition or state;" ply (v.1) "work with, use;" ply (v.2) "to bend; ply (n.) "a layer, fold;" replica; replicate; replication; reply; simplex; splay; triplicate.

【造词理据】com-表一起（=with），-ate是后缀，词根pens源自PIE词根*(s)pen-（拽=draw、拉伸=stretch），脱落字母S表绳索，引申指拽、拉伸，这里指拽到一起的，引申指弥补、赔偿。

【例句】He told me that if I were willing, the airline would pay me a handsome sum to compensate for the inconvenience.他说如果我愿意的话，航空公司会对其对我造成的不便作出一笔数目可观的赔偿。

【同根词】append; appendix; avoirdupois; compendium; compensate; compensation; counterpoise; depend; dispense; equipoise; expend; expense; expensive; hydroponics; impend; painter (n.2) "rope or chain that holds an anchor to a ship's side;" pansy; penchant; pend; pendant; pendentive; pending; pendular; pendulous; pendulum; pension; pensive; penthouse; perpendicular; peso; poise; ponder; ponderous; pound (n.1) "measure of weight;" prepend; prepense; preponderate; propensity; recompense; span (n.1) "distance between two objects;" span (n.2) "two animals driven together;" spangle; spanner; spider; spin; spindle; spinner; spinster; stipend; suspend; suspension.