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complicate

美音:[´kɔmplə´keıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.(使)变复杂

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complicate


/'kɒmplɪkeɪt; `kɑmplə,ket/
v [Tn] make (sth) more difficult to do, understand or deal with 使(某事)复杂化
*Her refusal to help complicates matters. 她不肯帮忙, 事情就更难办了.

complicate


v [T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of complicare, from com- ( COM-) + plicare 'to fold']
to make a problem or situation more difficult
 The situation is complicated by the fact that I've got to work late on Friday.
 To complicate matters further , differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs and language.
[usually passive]
to make an illness worse
 a heart condition complicated by pneumonia