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complicate verb
⇨ complicate complicate verb complicate ♦︎ blur ♦︎ confuse ♦︎ cloudThese words all mean to make sth less clear or more difficult to understand. 这些词均表示使事物变得复杂、模糊不清、令人困惑。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to complicate / confuse / cloud the issue◆to complicate / confuse matters / things / the situation◆to further complicate sth / confuse sth / cloud the issue, etc.■ complicate [transitive] to make a situation or problem more difficult to deal with 使（情况或问题）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服务提供。◆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变得复杂了。■ blur / /blɜː(r)/ / (-rr-) [transitive, intransitive] to make the difference between two things become less clear; (of the difference between two things) to become less clear （使）难以区分，变得模糊不清◆His work has blurred the boundaries between children's and adults' fiction.他的作品模糊了儿童小说和成人小说之间的界限。◆The line between make-believe and reality became increasingly blurred.虚构与现实之间的界限逐渐模糊。◆She tends to blur the distinction between her friends and her colleagues.她往往将朋友和同事混淆起来。■ confuse [transitive] to make a situation or problem more difficult to understand or deal with 使（情况）更复杂；使（问题）更费解◆His latest comments only serve to confuse the issue further.他最近的说法只是使问题更难懂。NOTE 辨析 Complicate or confuse?Something complicates a situation that is already difficult by being an additional problem that makes it even less straightforward. With confuse the emphasis is more on the fact that it is difficult to recognize or understand what needs to be done. * complicate指情况本来已很棘手，又旁生枝节，使局面更加复杂。confuse则强调令人无所适从。■ cloud [transitive] to make sth you are discussing or considering less clear or more difficult to understand, especially by introducing subjects that are not connected with it （尤指用不相关的话题）混淆，搅混（问题）◆Cost factors should not be allowed to cloud the issue.不应该用成本因素来混淆这个问题。 |