complicate

🇬🇧/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪt/
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To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with. 使复杂化

verb [vt. 及物动词] 使复杂化,使难以理解;引起并发症;使卷入,使陷入

The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces. 他说那天的事件只会使维和部队的任务复杂化。

-plic- plic, pli, ply = fold ,表示“重叠,折叠” complicate v. 弄复杂(com 全部+plic+ate→全部重叠起来 →弄复杂)
com (全部) + plic (重叠) + ate → 全部重叠起来 → (使) 变复杂
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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。
While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple. 聪明的人往往能把复杂的事情简单化,而傻瓜更有可能把简单的事情复杂化。
What complicates the issue is the burden of history. 使问题复杂化是历史的重负。