simplify

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sim·pli·fy /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ verb (simplified, simplifying, simplifies) [transitiveT]

SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATEDto make something easier or less complicated 使简易，使简单，简化

an attempt to simplify the tax system

简化税制的尝试

The law needs to be simplified.

这部法律需要简化。

a simplified version of the game

这个游戏的简化版

—simplification /ˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

These figures are a simplification. The real situation is much more complicated than this.

这些数据是简化过的，实际情况要比这复杂得多。

Examples from the Corpus

simplify• The whole university admissions procedure has been simplified.• Effective management simplifies agendas, enhances and enables networks.• These gadgets do simplify food preparation, but are they really worth the money?• Therefore treatment is simplified if a special invertebrates tank can be maintained.• The morphology of the system was simplified in a manner suited to the recognition task.• She took a complex topic and simplified it in a way that we could all understand.• A technique called hidden line removal is used to simplify matters.• Centralized and simplified network services management.• Despite the accent on tradition, modern technology has simplified some tasks.• It has also simplified the menu.• We have done everything we can to simplify the procedure.• The government is planning to simplify the tax laws.• A crucial function of political parties is to aggregate and simplify these many demands into a few packages of clear alternatives.• The laws have been simplified to shorten the process of divorce.

Origin simplify

(1600-1700) French simplifier, from Medieval Latin simplificare, from Latin simplus; → SIMPLE

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