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complicate

/ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/ 动词 B1

中文: 弄复杂、复杂化

  1. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. (transitive)
  2. To involve in a convoluted matter. (transitive) · Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.· John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
  3. To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication. (transitive)

He/she/it complicates · 过去式 complicated · 过去分词 complicated · -ing形式 complicating

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动词形式

原形
complicate
He/she/it
complicates
过去式
complicated
过去分词
complicated
-ing形式
complicating

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The case had been considerably complicated through the incident of the escaped convict and the relations between him and the Barrymores.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第214页 · C1
“Well, it would be absurd to deny that the case is a very abstruse and complicated one, but I can promise you that I will look into the matter and let you know any points which may strike me.”
《The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes》,第73页 · B2
Such were the circumstances of the Park Lane Mystery, which were further complicated by entire absence of motive, since, as I have said, young Adair was not known to have any enemy, and no attempt had been made to remove the money or valuables in the room.
《The Return of Sherlock Holmes》,第5页 · C1
It has been an exceedingly difficult and most complicated business.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第175页 · C1

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