complicate
英 ['k?mpl?ke?t]
美['kɑmpl?ket]
- vt. 使复杂化；使恶化；使卷入
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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;
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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》