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Simplify Make Simplified Understand Complex Easier Things Clearer

英语单词 simplify
英美音标 英 ['sɪmplɪfaɪ] 美 ['sɪmplɪfaɪ]
中文释义 vt.简化;使简单
英语例句 (1) That will simplify my task.
(2) She simplified the instructions so that the children could understand them.
(3) Can you simplify your language a little?
中文例句 (1) 那可简化了我的工作。
(2) 她简化了指令以便于儿童理解。
(3) 你能不能把你的语言改得简单一点?
vocabulary简明 To simplify something is to make it less complex and easier to understand. When you simplify, you make things clearer.
vocabulary扩展 Since simple things have less parts or complexity, when you simplify, you're eliminating the clutter and reducing something to its essence. For example, if a speech is long and confusing, the person giving it might need to simplify their ideas: make them clearer. Teachers are good at simplifying; they take complex ideas and make them easier for students to understand. If you don't understand what someone is telling you, ask them to simplify it.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
  [V n]
  • ...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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