com·pli·cate
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/ |
- complicate something to make something more difficult to do, understand or deal with
使复杂化 - I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.
我不想使这项任务不必要地复杂化。 - To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.
使事情更难办的是 8 点钟之前不会有交通工具。 - The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.
一份重要文件的丢失使这个问题复杂化了。
Extra Examples- These events will greatly complicate the situation.
这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。 - The situation is further complicated by the language difficulties.
由于语言困难，情况变得更加复杂。 - This latest bloodshed greatly complicates efforts to bring peace to the region.
最近的流血事件使该地区和平的努力变得更加复杂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- enormously
- greatly
- seriously
- …
- be complicated by the fact that
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’. - I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.