Complicate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使某事复杂化
• ［英］ v. 使某事复杂化 ( make sth more difficult to do)
• ［记］ com ( 全部) +plic ( 重叠) +ate -> 全部重叠起来 -> 弄复杂
• ［同］ 派生词: complicated ( adj. 复杂的) ; complication ( n. 复杂的情况)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare to fold together, from com- + plicare to fold — more at ply
• Date: 1638
• 1. complex, intricate
• 2. conduplicate

II. transitive verb (-cated; -cating)

• Date: 1672
• 1. to combine especially in an involved or inextricable manner
• 2. to make complex or difficult
• 3. involve; especially to cause to be more complex or severe virus disease complicated by bacterial infection

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