complicate

中英词典

形容词

名词

词语辨析

complicate和complex都可以表示“复杂的”，但complex更强调事物内部的构成和关系的复杂性，而complicate则更侧重于复杂的过程或结果。

词汇扩充

complicatedness（名词）

complicately（副词）

complicatedly（副词）

近义词

complex, intricate, involved, convoluted, elaborate

反义词

simple, straightforward

柯林斯词典

complicate (adj.) If you describe something as complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.

complicate (v.) If one thing complicates another, it makes the other thing become more difficult to understand or deal with.

牛津词典

complicate (adj.) Made up of many interconnecting parts or elements; complex.

complicate (v.) Make (something) more difficult or confusing by causing it to be more complex.

用法

complicate作为形容词时，修饰名词，表示“复杂的”；作为动词时，后接名词或代词作宾语，表示“使复杂化”。

相关例句

1. The situation became more complicated as new information emerged.（随着新信息的出现，情况变得更加复杂。）
2. The instructions were so complicated that I couldn't understand them.（那些指示太复杂了，我无法理解。）
3. His complicated explanation only confused me further.（他复杂的解释只让我更加困惑。）
4. The complicate nature of the problem requires a comprehensive solution.（问题的复杂性需要一个全面的解决方案。）
5. His involvement only complicates matters.（他的参与只会使事情变得更复杂。）
6. Please don't complicate things by introducing irrelevant details.（请不要通过引入无关的细节使事情变得复杂。）
7. The complicatedness of the situation made it difficult to find a solution.（情况的复杂性使得很难找到解决办法。）
8. She explained the concept complicately in her presentation.（她在演讲中复杂地解释了这个概念。）
9. They complicatedly maneuvered through the tight spaces.（他们在狭窄的空间里复杂地操纵。）