• vt. 使復雜化；使惡化；使卷入

com-, 強調。-plic, 編織，組成，詞源apply,implicate. 即多成分，復雜的。

complicate

complicate: see ply

complicate (v.)

1620s, "to intertwine" (as a past participle adjective, early 15c.), from Latin complicatus "folded together; confused, intricate," past participle of complicare (see complication). Meaning "to make more complex" is recorded from 1832, from earlier sense "to combine in a complex way" (17c.). Related: Complicated; complicating.

1. To complicate matters further, everybody's vitamin requirements vary.

更麻煩的是，每個人對維生素的需求量是不同的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.

我不想使這項任務不必要地復雜化。

來自《權威詞典》

3. These events will greatly complicate the situation.

這些事件將使局勢變得極其復雜.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. There is no need to complicate matters.

沒有必要使問題復雜化.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Don't complicate life for me!

不要為我把生活搞復雜了!

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》