simplify
verb- simplify something
to make something easier to do or understand 使簡化;使簡易 The application forms have now been simplified. 申請表格現已簡化了。 I hope his appointment will simplify matters. 我希望他任命以後事情會好辦一些。 a simplified version of the story for young children 供幼兒閱讀的故事簡寫本
Extra ExamplesThe whole process has now been greatly simplified. 現在整個流程都大大簡化了。 This analysis is overly simplified. 這一分析過於簡化。 This is a highly simplified view of the economy. 這是對經濟情況一種高度簡化的評述。
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.