simplify
verb- simplify something
to make something easier to do or understand 使简化;使简易 The application forms have now been simplified. 申请表格现已简化了。 I hope his appointment will simplify matters. 我希望他任命以后事情会好办一些。 a simplified version of the story for young children 供幼儿阅读的故事简写本
Extra ExamplesThe whole process has now been greatly simplified. 现在整个流程都大大简化了。 This analysis is overly simplified. 这一分析过于简化。 This is a highly simplified view of the economy. 这是对经济情况一种高度简化的评述。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- greatly
- radically
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be designed to
- …
- highly simplified
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French simplifier, from medieval Latin simplificare, from Latin simplus.