Simplify



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 简化
• ［英］ v. 简化 ( make plainer, easier, or less full of detail)
• ［类］ 反义词: elaborate ( 详述)
• ［记］ simple ( 简单的) +ify

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: French simplifier, from Medieval Latin simplificare, from simplus simple
• Date: 1759
• to make simple or simpler: as
  • a. to reduce to basic essentials
  • b. to diminish in scope or complexity ; streamline <was urged to simplify management procedures>
  • c. to make more intelligible ; clarify
• ? simplification noun
• ? simplifier noun

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