[VERB 动词]简化；使易懂；使简洁 If you simplify something, you make it easier to understand or you remove the things which make it complex.
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...a plan to simplify the complex social security system...
简化复杂的社会保障体系的计划
He reduced his needs to the minimum by simplifying his life.
他过上了一种简单的生活，将自己的需求降到最低限度。
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Last night, the president presented a shorter, simplified version of his speech.
昨晚，总统发表了一番更加简短明了的演讲。
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sim·plify/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ; NAmEˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/verb(sim·pli·fies,sim·pli·fy·ing,sim·pli·fied,sim·pli·fied)simplifysth to make sth easier to do or understand 使简化；使简易◆The application forms have now been simplified.申请表格现已简化了。◆I hope his appointment will simplify matters.我希望他任命以后事情会好办一些。◆a simplified version of the story for young children供小朋友阅读的故事简写本simplifysimplifiessimplifiedsimplifyingsim·plify/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ; NAmEˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/
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simplifysim‧pli‧fy /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle simplified, present participle simplifying, third person singular simplifies) [transitive]
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to make something easier or less complicated: an attempt to simplify the tax system The law needs to be simplified. a simplified version of the game—simplification /ˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: These figures are a simplification. The real situation is much more complicated than this. →
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