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When things get complicated, they are no longer simple and straightforward. If you are asked a question that would require a long, detailed answer, you might just say, “It's complicated.”
The word complicated came about in the 1640's to mean “tangled” or “difficult to unravel.” This makes sense, considering it came from the Latin verb complicāre, meaning “to fold together.” Consider that something with many folds is more complicated than something flat. Novelist Robert Ludlum said, “Life is extremely complicated,” but Confucius long ago suggested that “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Just having those two opposing viewpoints indicates how complicated life can be.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
complex:侧重内在关系的复杂,需通过仔细研究与了解才能掌握和运用。
complicated:与complex的含义接近,但语气更强,着重极其复杂,很难分析、分辨或解释。
sophisticated:侧重指事物发展到或达到高级的程度所体现出的复杂。
intricate:着重指错综复杂,令人迷惑理解。
complicate使复杂化;使恶化;使卷入
词根词缀
词根: plic
1. =fold,表示”重叠,重复”; 2. 折; 3. 弯
adj.
complicated 复杂的, 难解的complicate使..复杂+ed……的→adj.复杂的, 难解的
explicable 可解释的ex出+plic重叠,重复+able可以……的→能把重叠的东西弄出来→可解释的→explicate形容词
implicit 含蓄的im进入+plic重叠+it→进入重叠→不直说→含蓄的
n.
accomplice 同谋者,帮凶ac加强+com+plic重叠,重复+e→共同重叠在一起做事→同谋
complication 复杂,纠纷;并发症complicate弄复杂+ion表名词→complication复杂,纠纷
complicity 共谋;串通com共同+plic重叠,重复+ity表名词→共同重叠→同谋的关系
implication 含意,暗示,暗指;牵连implicate含蓄表达+ion表名词→暗指
replica 复制品re再+plic重叠,重复+a表名词→再重叠[一分]的[东西]→复制品
v.
complicate 使com全部+plic重叠,重复+ate使……→全部重叠起来→弄复杂
explicate 详细解说ex出+plic重叠,重复+ate使……→把重叠的东西弄出来→解释
exploit 开拓,开发,开采ex出,往外+ploit=plic重叠+it→把折叠之物展开→使用
implicate 牵连[于罪行中],含蓄表达im进入+plic重叠,重复+ate表动词→[说话]进入重叠,不直说→含蓄表达
replicate 重复,复制re再+plic重叠,重复+ate表动词→再重叠[一分]→复制
同义词辨析
这些形容词均含”复杂的”之意。
- complex: 侧重内在关系的复杂,需通过仔细研究与了解才能掌握和运用。
- complicated: 与complex的含义接近,但语气更强,着重极其复杂,很难分析、分辨或解释。
- sophisticated: 侧重指事物发展到或达到高级的程度所体现出的复杂。
- intricate: 着重指错综复杂,令人迷惑理解。
同义词
complex / convoluted / entangled / knotty / Byzantine / labyrinthine / manifold / intricate / elaborate
laborious / difficult / deep / perplexing / recondite / incomprehensible / abstruse / involved / troublesome / problematic