simplify
verb[T]
uk/ˈsɪm.plɪ.faɪ/us/ˈsɪm.plə.faɪ/C1
to make something lesscomplicatedandthereforeeasierto do orunderstand:
使简化;使简易the new simplifiedtaxsystem简化后的新税制
Hetriedto simplify thestoryfor theyoungeraudience.在讲给年龄较小的听众听时,他尽可能地简化这个故事。
Synonym
paresomething(down) to the bone
Opposites
complicate
elaborateformal
- They aretryingto simplify theregulations.
- Let'stryand simplify thetaskbycuttingout thecheckingstage.
- If youtryto simplifyphilosophytoo much, youloseitsessence.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- over-elaboration
- overgeneralization
- overgeneralize
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize