词语释义

英 ['kɒmplɪkeɪt] 美 ['kɑmplɪket]

vt. 使复杂化；使恶化；使卷入

单词分析：

记忆方法：暂无,等待补充.

英英释义

Verb:

make more complicated;"There was a new development that complicated the matter"

make more complex, intricate, or richer;"refine a design or pattern"

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单词词源

中文词源

complicate 复杂化

com-, 强调。-plic, 编织，组成，词源apply,implicate. 即多成分，复杂的。

英语词源

complicate

complicate: see ply

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.

词态变化

第三人称单数 complicates;
过去式 complicated;
过去分词 complicated;
现在分词 complicating;

权威造句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.

我不想使这项任务不必要地复杂化。

来自《权威词典》

3. These events will greatly complicate the situation.

这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. There is no need to complicate matters.

没有必要使问题复杂化.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Don't complicate life for me!

不要为我把生活搞复杂了!

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

近反义词

confuse 使困惑

confound 使困惑

complex 复杂的

involve 包含

make difficulties 表示异议(提出反对)...

thwart 反对

obscure 难解的

muddle 混乱

muddy 泥泞的

obfuscate 弄暗

entangle 使 ... 纠缠

embarrass 使窘迫

tangle 缠结

mix 混合

mix up 搅匀

up 向上

perplex 使困惑

rarify 使[气体]变稀薄...

refine 精炼

elaborate 详尽的

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