complicate

難しくする、複雑にする

物事を行ったり、状況に対処したりするのを難しくする。

やさしい英語で： To make something harder to do or deal with.

• Extra rules complicate the task.
• The heavy rain complicated our journey.
• Will this change complicate matters further?

使い方： complicate something by doing something (They complicated the process by adding another form.)

類義語： make harder

反対語： simplify

よく使う表現： complicate matters, complicate something further, complicate the process

複雑にする、わかりにくくする

説明や考え、話の内容を理解しにくくする。

やさしい英語で： To make an explanation, idea, or account harder to understand.

• Those details complicate the story.
• He complicated his explanation with unfamiliar words.
• Why complicate a simple answer?

使い方： complicate something with something (Do not complicate the explanation with technical terms.)

類義語： make confusing

反対語： simplify, clarify

よく使う表現： complicate an explanation, complicate the story, complicate something with