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TOEFL BNC: 9479 COCA: 5983

complicate

verb
/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/
/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they complicate
/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/
/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪt/
he / she / it complicates
/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪts/
/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪts/
past simple complicated
/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle complicated
/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form complicating
/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/
/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. complicate something to make something more difficult to do, understand or deal with使複雜化
    • I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.我不想使這項任務不必要地複雜化。
    • To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.使事情更難辦的是 8 點鐘之前不會有交通工具。
    • The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.一份重要文件的丢失使這個問題複雜化了。
    Extra Examples
    • These events will greatly complicate the situation.這些事件將使局勢變得極其複雜。
    • The situation is further complicated by the language difficulties.語言困難使情況更加複雜。
    • This latest bloodshed greatly complicates efforts to bring peace to the region.最近的流血事件使給該地區帶來和平的努力變得非常複雜。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • enormously
    • greatly
    • seriously
    • …
    phrases
    • be complicated by the fact that
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘combine, entangle, intertwine’): from Latin complicat- ‘folded together’, from the verb complicare, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’.
TOEFL BNC: 9479 COCA: 5983
complicate

verb

ADVERB | PHRASES ADVERB➤enormously, greatly, seriously, significantly使極其複雜◇These events will greatly complicate the situation.這些事件將使局勢變得極其複雜。➤further使更複雜PHRASES➤be complicated by the fact that由於⋯變得複雜◇The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.一份至關重要的文件丟失使這一問題變得複雜了。
TOEFL BNC: 9479 COCA: 5983
complicate

verb

complicate ♦︎ blur ♦︎ confuse ♦︎ cloudThese words all mean to make sth less clear or more difficult to understand. 這些詞均表示使事物變得複雜、模糊不清、令人困惑。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to complicate / confuse / cloud the issue◆to complicate / confuse matters / things / the situation◆to further complicate sth / confuse sth / cloud the issue, etc.■ complicate [transitive] to make a situation or problem more difficult to deal with 使（情況或問題）複雜化◆To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.使事情更難辦的是8點鐘之前不會有交通服務提供。◆The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.一份重要文件的丢失使這個問題變得複雜了。■ blur blɜː(r) (-rr-) [transitive, intransitive] to make the difference between two things become less clear; (of the difference between two things) to become less clear （使）難以區分，變得模糊不清◆His work has blurred the boundaries between children's and adults' fiction.他的作品模糊了兒童小說和成人小說之間的界限。◆The line between make-believe and reality became increasingly blurred.虛構與現實之間的界限逐漸模糊。◆She tends to blur the distinction between her friends and her colleagues.她往往將朋友和同事混淆起來。■ confuse [transitive] to make a situation or problem more difficult to understand or deal with 使（情況）更複雜；使（問題）更費解◆His latest comments only serve to confuse the issue further.他最近的說法只是使問題更難懂。NOTE 辨析 Complicate or confuse?Something complicates a situation that is already difficult by being an additional problem that makes it even less straightforward. With confuse the emphasis is more on the fact that it is difficult to recognize or understand what needs to be done. * complicate指情況本來已很棘手，又旁生枝節，使局面更加複雜。confuse則強調令人無所適從。■ cloud [transitive] to make sth you are discussing or considering less clear or more difficult to understand, especially by introducing subjects that are not connected with it （尤指用不相關的話題）混淆，攪混（問題）◆Cost factors should not be allowed to cloud the issue.不應該用成本因素來混淆這個問題。
TOEFL BNC: 9479 COCA: 5983
complicate
To be, or to make something, difficult to understand: complicate, confuse, obscure...
To make something worse: worsen, compound, escalate...

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