complicate

英 [ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt]

美 [ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪt]

v.  使复杂化

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

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.9479 / COCA.5983

牛津词典

verb

• 使复杂化
  to make sth more difficult to do, understand or deal with
  1. 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。
  2. To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.
     使事情更难办的是8点钟之前不会有交通工具。
  3. The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.
     一份重要文件的丢失使这个问题复杂化了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使难以理解；使复杂化
  Tocomplicatesomething means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
  1. What complicates the issue is the burden of history...
     历史的重负使问题复杂化了。
  2. The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces...
     他说白天发生的事件只会使维和部队的任务更为复杂。
  3. 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。
  4. Bad weather continues to complicate efforts to deal with oil spilling from the tanker.
     恶劣天气使得油轮溢油的处理工作更为复杂。

英英释义

verb

• make more complex, intricate, or richer
  1. refine a design or pattern
  Synonym:refinerarifyelaborate
• make more complicated
  1. There was a new development that complicated the matter
  Synonym:perplex

双语例句

• If the answer to all of these questions is no, a framework will only complicate matters.
  如果所有这些问题的答案都为否，那么使用框架只会把事情变复杂。
• To complicate the picture, just as weather patterns have altered, so has human society.
  更糟糕的是，不仅天气模式发生了改变，而且人类社会也与以往不同了。
• 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。
• Let's not complicate matters by introducing any more restrictions.
  我们不要再采用更多的限制把事情复杂化了。
• Bad information design can complicate the coding required for manipulation and presentation of the information set.
  低劣的信息设计可能会使信息集合的操作和呈现所需的代码更复杂。
• Bad weather continues to complicate efforts to deal with oil spilling from the tanker.
  恶劣天气使得油轮溢油的处理工作更为复杂。
• If the league carries out its threat of litigation, it could complicate matters.
  如果联赛委员会真的实施了他们威胁实施的法律诉讼，那这个事可能真就麻烦大了。
• Applying inappropriate or unnecessary patterns can complicate your design for no reason.
  应用不恰当或不必要的模式可能会莫明其妙地让您的设计变得复杂。
• There are some common solutions for this problem, but distributed systems complicate matters.
  可以通过一些常见的解决方案解决这个问题，但分布式系统让问题变得更加复杂。
• Don't complicate life for me!
  不要为我把生活搞复杂了！