complicate
complicate 英 [ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt] 美 [ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt]
vt. 使复杂化
进行时:complicating 过去式:complicated 过去分词:complicated 第三人称单数:complicates
- To complicate things is to make them more complex, confusing, or difficult. So if you've already accepted two party invitations for Saturday night, don't complicate the situation by accepting a third.
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- vt. 使复杂化
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1. I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.
我不想使这项任务不必要地复杂化。
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2. The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.
一份重要文件的丢失使这个问题复杂化了。
- complicate (v.) 1620s, "to intertwine," from Latin complicatus "folded together; confused, intricate," past participle of complicare "to involve," literally "to fold together," from com "with, together" (see com-) + plicare "to fold, weave" (from PIE root *plek- "to plait"). Meaning "to make more complex or intricate" is recorded from 1832, from earlier sense "to combine in a complex way" (17c.). Related: Complicated; complicating.
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