complicate
英 ['k?mpl?ke?t]
美['kɑmpl?ket]
- vt. 使復雜化；使惡化；使卷入
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?complicates;過去式:?complicated;過去分詞:?complicated;現在分詞:?complicating;
中文詞源
complicate 復雜化
com-, 強調。-plic, 編織，組成，詞源apply,implicate. 即多成分，復雜的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. To complicate matters further, everybody's vitamin requirements vary.
- 更麻煩的是，每個人對維生素的需求量是不同的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.
- 我不想使這項任務不必要地復雜化。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. These events will greatly complicate the situation.
- 這些事件將使局勢變得極其復雜.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. There is no need to complicate matters.
- 沒有必要使問題復雜化.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Don't complicate life for me!
- 不要為我把生活搞復雜了!
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》