complicate

英 ['kɒmplɪkeɪt]美 ['kɑmplɪket]
  • vt. 使复杂化；使恶化；使卷入
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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》