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complicated adj.复杂的,难解的 The word complicated came about in the 1640's to mean "tangled" or "difficult to unravel." This makes sense, considering it came from the Latin verb complicāre, meaning "to fold together." Consider that something with many folds is more complicated than something flat. Novelist Robert Ludlum said, "Life is extremely complicated," but Confucius long ago suggested that "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Just having those two opposing viewpoints indicates how complicated life can be. ★★★☆☆ 2012.3

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['kɔmplikeitid] When things get complicated, they are no longer simple and straightforward. If you are asked a question that would require a long, detailed answer, you might just say, "It's complicated." But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]复杂的；难懂的；难处理的 If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with. The situation in Lebanon is very complicated.黎巴嫩的情况十分复杂。...a very complicated voting system.非常复杂的选举体制

英语单词	complicated
英美音标	['kɔmplikeitid]
中文释义	adj.复杂的,难解的
vocab简明	When things get complicated, they are no longer simple and straightforward. If you are asked a question that would require a long, detailed answer, you might just say, "It's complicated."
vocab扩展	The word complicated came about in the 1640's to mean "tangled" or "difficult to unravel." This makes sense, considering it came from the Latin verb complicāre, meaning "to fold together." Consider that something with many folds is more complicated than something flat. Novelist Robert Ludlum said, "Life is extremely complicated," but Confucius long ago suggested that "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Just having those two opposing viewpoints indicates how complicated life can be.
真题原句	But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]复杂的；难懂的；难处理的 If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with. The situation in Lebanon is very complicated. 黎巴嫩的情况十分复杂。 ...a very complicated voting system. 非常复杂的选举体制
来源	2012.3

Complicated Life Kɔmplikeitid Adj.复杂的,难解的 Things Longer Simple Straightforward