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单词 complicate
释义
complicate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪt/us
/ˈkɑːm.plə.keɪt/
C1
to make something moredifficulttodealwith, do, orunderstand:
使复杂化；使更难懂；使更麻烦
It will only complicate thesituationif weinvitehisoldgirlfriendas well.如果我们同时也邀请他以前的女友，只会使事情更加复杂。
Therescueoperationhas been complicated bybadweather.恶劣的天气使救援工作变得更加艰难。
These newruleshave complicated thetaxsystemevenfurther.这些新规定使税收制度更加复杂。
If oneillnesscomplicates anotherillness, it makes the otherillnessworse:
使（疾病）恶化，加重
Thebreathingproblemhas now been complicated by achestinfection.因为胸腔感染，他的呼吸问题变得更加严重了。
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Deteriorating and making worse
(Definition ofcomplicatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

complicate| American Dictionary

complicate
verb[T]
us
/ˈkɑm·plɪˌkeɪt/
to make something moredifficulttodealwith or do:
Therescueoperationwas complicated bybadweather.
Hisrecoverywas complicated by hisgenerallypoorcondition.
(Definition ofcomplicatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplicate

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Unfortunately, this signal is complicated by subsequent piecemeal loss and gain of gene family members.
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Comparisons of biological data are complicated by the lack of standards in both reagents and nomenclature.
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The problem of terminology is complicated by the fact that there is no dictionary of technical terms for the craft.
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To have done so would have complicated his case for destroying the one whilst preserving and extending the other.
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Our three scientists disagree over the ultimate nature of the universe precisely because it is complicated.
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Moreover, such truth as we can comprehend is complicated.
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One can see how far such a figure can take us as it complicates through the poem's multiple contexts.
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In practice, the point is complicated by other factors.
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He so disliked them that when he became archbishop it complicated his life.
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However, the complexity of signaling leading to these outputs complicates analyses of these phenotypes.
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All appears chaotic, yet comparisons among the temples reveals that, although complicated, their plans are ordered and carefully thought through.
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What now of the claims that other primates can communicate with systems in all important respects as complicated as ours?
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The details of the change form too complicated a problem for discussion here.
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Today it is commonplace to find business reports and academic textbooks employing complicated statistical and numerical data in interesting visual forms.
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There is no need for a gene for chance, or complicated rules about when it is expressed.
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