喜樂美語
  1. 1vC1/ˈsɪmpləfaɪ/ · /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/簡化

    to make something easier or less hard to understand or do, by taking away the difficult parts.

    示範例句 · Example

    Ms. Chen simplified the science steps so every team could finish the experiment.

    逐字陳老師簡化了科學步驟，所以每個小組都能完成實驗。

    「simplify」是把「複雜的東西變簡單」——拿掉難懂、麻煩的部分，讓人比較容易懂或比較好做。常見說法：simplify a process / procedure / system、simplify the problem、a simplified version。跟 make easier 接近，但 simplify 更常講「改結構、改步驟」；streamline 比較像商業用語，強調更快、更省。oversimplify 是把事情講得太簡單，重要細節不見了。核心畫面可以想成：把一團打結的線理順——東西還在，只是路變清楚。

    常見搭配

    • simplify a process / procedure

      簡化流程／手續

      make the steps of doing something easier

      The teacher simplified the procedure for joining the reading club.

    • simplify a system / task

      簡化系統／工作

      make a system or a job easier to use or do

      New software can simplify the task of keeping class lists.

    • simplify the problem

      把問題簡化

      make a hard problem easier to think about

      Let's simplify the problem by looking at one small part first.

    • a simplified version

      簡化版

      an easier form of something, often for younger or new users

      We read a simplified version of the play in class.

    • greatly simplify

      大幅簡化

      make something much easier

      Clear pictures greatly simplify the instructions.

    • simplify something for someone

      為某人簡化某事

      make something easier so a particular person can understand or do it

      Leo simplified the rules for his little sister.

    意思相近

    make easierstreamlineclarifyreduceboil down

    意思相反

    complicatecomplexify

core核心畫面

Picture a form with forty boxes being redesigned down to six, or a long explanation being cut back to the part that matters. Nothing is added — the hard or unnecessary pieces are taken out, and what is left is easier to get through.

可以想成：一張四十格的表格被重新設計成六格，或是一長串說明被砍到只剩關鍵的那幾句。這個動作不加東西進去，而是把難的、多餘的部分拿掉，剩下的就變得比較好處理。

同家族的字

過去式 simplified過去分詞 simplified-ing simplifying三單 simplifies

意思相近

make easierstreamlineclarifyreduceboil down

意思相反

complicatecomplexify

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

simplifyverb/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/

  • 1

    To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.

    • In ancient times there existed in the region of the Tung-chia River 佟佳江 in present Liaoning a people called Kao-chü-li 高句驪. In the fifth century they moved their capital to P’ing-jang. The name of the country was simplified to Kao-li 高麗 (Korea).
    • Quizzed on simplifying fares, Heaton-Harris said the Government had inherited a "mix of ticketing and unbelievable, interesting fares up and down the system, and we do want to simplify them".
  • 2

    To become simpler.

    • Thus, throughout the nineteenth century, linguists generally held that more grammatically complex languages were older and that languages tended to simplify over time—the four grammatical cases of German as contrasted with the seven of Latin, for example.

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