| 单词 | simplify |
| 释义 | simplify (once / 1297 pages) v To simplify something is to make it less complex and easier to understand. When you simplify, you make things clearer. Since simple things have less parts or complexity, when you simplify, you're eliminating the clutter and reducing something to its essence. For example, if a speech is long and confusing, the person giving it might need to simplify their ideas: make them clearer. Teachers are good at simplifying; they take complex ideas and make them easier for students to understand. If you don't understand what someone is telling you, ask them to simplify it. WORD FAMILYsimplify: oversimplify, simplification, simplified, simplifies, simplifying+/oversimplification: oversimplifications/oversimplify: oversimplification, oversimplified, oversimplifies, oversimplifying/simple: simmpleness, simpleness, simpler, simples, simplest, simplicity, simplify, simplism, simplistic, simply/simplicity: simplicities/simplification: simplifications/simplism: simplisms/simplistic: simplistically USAGE EXAMPLESWe hope the new board will simplify this and conduct its discussions on key issues in a more public friendly manner. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Ms. Johnson said the characters he described were “a bit more babyish, more simplified” than the ones that turned up in the finished book. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Instead of just hitting the gym and dropping some pounds, consider changing some personal habits to simplify the tech in your life. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) v make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent We had to simplify the instructions this move will simplify our lives Ant|Hypo|Hyper complicate, perplex make more complicated reduce make less complex oversimplifymake too simple abbreviateshorten alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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