| 单词 | complicate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kɔmplikeit] |
| 解释 | v.使某事复杂化 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 使某事复杂化(make sth more difficult to do) 【记】 com(全部)+plic(重叠 )+ate→全部重叠起来 →弄复杂 【同】 派生词: complicated (adj. 复杂的); complication (n. 复杂的情况) |
| 字源 | complicate (v.) 1620s, "to intertwine" (as a past participle adjective, early 15c.), from Latin complicatus "folded together; confused, intricate," past participle of complicare (see complication). Meaning "to make more complex" is recorded from 1832, from earlier sense "to combine in a complex way" (17c.). Related: Complicated; complicating. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 使复杂; 令人困惑; 使麻烦; adj 复杂的 【记】com共同, plic重叠, ate吃－共同重叠起来吃一象麦当劳的巨无霸－比较复杂 【参】complicated(adj 复杂的); complication(n 复杂的情况)complexity(n 复杂性; 复杂的事物) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】发音近complex；com + plicate 重叠，都叠在一起，使复杂；plicate本身是个单词，折叠 【相关】complicate(一起缠) 使变复杂，duplicate(两根线) 复制，explicate(使不缠)搞清楚，说明，implicate(使缠在里面)使牵连其中，暗示，plicate 折成扇状,有褶的,有皱的，replicate 复制，supplicate 恳求，祷告乞求 |
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