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

• Any decision taken by them now, however well meant, could complicate the peace process.
  现在他们作的任何一个决定，不管本意多么好，都可能使和平进程复杂化。
• 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。
• The other options simply complicate the situation and could land him with more expense.
  其他办法只会使情况复杂化，而且可能给他带来更大花销。
• 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。
• When we complicate life through our endless planning we bring tomorrow's problems into today.
  当我们通过无休止的规划把生活复杂化时，我们很自然地就把明天的问题带到了今天。
• In the design of large-scale information system, access control system part is always a complicate task.
  在大型信息系统的设计中，访问控制一直是一项复杂的工作。
• Both of these providers have issues that complicate the integration of Wink services with Ajax applications.
  这两个提供程序都会使Wink服务和AjaxBoth应用程序的集成复杂化。
• The forest area system is relative with human survival and development as a complicate dynamic system.
  林区系统作为一个复杂的动力系统，关系到人类的生存与发展。
• 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。