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Complicate Matters Understand Make Deal 英 Kɒmplɪkeɪt] 美 Kɑːmplɪkeɪt

英语单词 complicate
英美音标 英 ['kɒmplɪkeɪt] 美 ['kɑːmplɪkeɪt]
中文释义 v.使复杂化;使起纠纷
adj.复杂的
英语例句 (1) There is no need to complicate matters.
(2) He always likes to complicate simple matters.
(3) This text is more complicate than we can imagine.
(4) My brother can understand the most complicate circuit diagrams.
中文例句 (1) 没有必要使问题复杂化。
(2) 他总喜欢把简单的事情复杂化。
(3) 这篇课文比我们想象的还要复杂。
(4) 再复杂的线路图哥哥都能看懂。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 This verb dates back to the 17th century, when it meant “to intertwine” or “to fold together." This intertwining and folding together, however, sometimes don't work out so well. An infection can complicate an injury. A detour for road construction will complicate your usual route. And directions that are written in another language — and without pictures — complicate the assembly of furniture and toys.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]使难以理解;使复杂化 To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
  [V n]
  • What complicates the issue is the burden of history...

    历史的重负使问题复杂化了。

  • The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces...

    他说白天发生的事件只会使维和部队的任务更为复杂。

  • To complicate matters further, everybody's vitamin requirements vary...

    更麻烦的是,每个人对维生素的需求量是不同的。

  • Bad weather continues to complicate efforts to deal with oil spilling from the tanker.

    恶劣天气使得油轮溢油的处理工作更为复杂。

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