It cannot plausibly be argued that behaviour of such complexity derives entirely from instinct.
そのような複雑な行動が本能のみに由来するという主張はとうてい成り立たない。
My brother could not solve the complicated problem.
兄はその複雑な問題を解くことができなかった。
The plural form of "louse" is "lice".
「louse」の複数形は「lice」です。
The social problems of the day tend to be more and more complicated.
現代の社会問題はますます複雑化する傾向がある。
He dwelt on the complexities of modern life.
彼は現代生活の複雑性について長々と話した。
The plants manufacture complex chemical compounds.
工場では複雑な化学化合物を製造している。
The explanation may be much more complex.
その説明は、もっとはるかに複雑なものかもしれない。
Subtle differences in tone discriminate the original from the copy.
原画と複製とでは色調に微妙な差異がある。
Lately the discount airline ticket system has gotten so complicated that there's a lot about it I can't figure out.
最近は、航空券の格安チケットも仕組みが複雑すぎて、わかりにくいことが多い。
His lie complicated matters.
彼の嘘が事態を複雑にした。
Math is like love - a simple idea, but it can get complicated.
数学は恋のようだ。単純だけど複雑にもなりうる。
How complex is it?
どのぐらい複雑なのだろうか。
The Japanese distribution system, characterized by layers of wholesale, is complex and costly.
いく層もの卸業者の存在が特色である日本の流通機構は、複雑でコストもかかる。
The factory uses many complicated machines.
工場では複雑な機械をたくさん使います。
How complex?
どのぐらい複雑なのだろうか。
In Esperanto an adjective ends in "a." The plural is formed by adding "j."
エスペラントは形容詞が「a」で終わります。複数形が「j」を付けて作られます。
Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work.
コンピューターは極めて複雑な仕事をすることが出来る。
That made the problem all the more complicated.
そのために問題はますます複雑になった。
There are so-called primitive cultures in the jungles of the Amazon and on the island of New Guinea, and there are so-called advanced cultures in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but the languages of these cultures are all equally advanced and complex.
He came up with a terrific solution to the complex problem.
彼はその複雑な問題を解決するすばらしい方法を思いついた。
In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.
This child solved the complicated mathematics problem easily.
この子は複雑な数学の問題を簡単に解いた。
Those four words carried not only a lot of complex information, but also the persuasive force of a proverb.
この4語はたくさんの複雑な情報を伝えるばかりでなく、諺の持つ説得力もあるのである。
I can see some intricate patterns in the picture.
その絵には複雑な模様が見える。
We've run out of paper for the photocopier.
複写機の紙を切らしたよ。
Frustrated with the European languages, which he considered "too boring", Christopher Columbus invented "Columbian", a language so complicated that only he could speak it.
The writing style is much less complicated in this article.
書き方が、この記事ではずっと複雑じゃなくなっている。
But as civilizations grew more complex, better methods of communication were needed.
しかし文明が一層複雑になってくると、よりよい伝達方法が必要になってきた。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
The language of that tribe is as complex as any other human language.
その種族の言語は他のどんな人間の言語にも劣らず複雑だ。
Do you know anything about complex carbohydrates?
複雑炭水化物って何か知ってますか。
That painting is a copy.
あの絵は複製です。
Asian religions inspire him to create splendid sculptures.
アジアの宗教から閃きを得て、彼は複数の素晴らしい彫刻を生み出した。
There are complicated circumstances behind the matter.
その問題の裏には複雑な状況がある。
I have mixed feelings about this.
これには複雑な気持ちだ。
Our feelings towards him are mixed.
われわれの彼に対する感情は複雑だ。
Edison invented a device for duplication.
エジソンは複写の装置を発明した。
Life today is fast-moving and complex.
今日の生活はめまぐるしく変わり複雑である。
The picture you are looking at is a copy of a Picasso.
君が見ている絵はピカソの複製だ。
He is good at solving complicated mathematical problems.
彼は複雑な数学の問題を解くことが得意だ。
The explanation may be much more complex.
説明は、もっとはるかに複雑なのかもしれない。
Tom bought a new multifunction printer.
トムは新しい複合機を買った。
This might lead us to believe that a simple culture would make use of a simple language, that a complex culture would make use of a complex language, and so on.
The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
複雑骨折の痛みはほとんど耐え難かった。
When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.