complicated

【发音】

美 /'kɑmplɪketɪd/ 英 /'kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/

【翻译】

1. adj.难懂的；复杂的

   英释:difficult to understand or deal with, because many parts or details are involved

【记忆】

com(共同) ＋ plic(重叠) ＋ ated → 重叠在一起的 → 复杂的

【短语】

1. complicated structure : 复式构造

2. complicated fault : 复杂断层

3. be complicated by : 并发

【例句】

1. a complicated voting system

   复杂的选举制度

2. For young children, getting dressed is a complicated business.

   对幼童来说，穿衣服是件复杂的事。

3. The human brain is an incredibly complicated organ.

   人脑是一个结构极其复杂的器官。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs...

2. (2016.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks...

3. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...intense involvement in students’ complicated lives...

4. (2010.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him...

5. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...her most urgent and perhaps most complicated duty may be simple to be herself...

6. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...The plot is so complicated that I really got lost...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.难懂的，复杂的

   involved/detailed/sophisticated/elusive/

【同根词】

1. n

   complication : 并发症；复杂；复杂化；混乱

2. vt

   complicate : 使复杂化；使恶化；使卷入