convolute sth
及物用法,表示使事情、流程或论证不必要地复杂化。
The extra approval steps convolute an otherwise simple process.
额外的审批步骤使原本简单的流程变得复杂。
使复杂化;使错综复杂
convoluted — past of convolute
卷绕;缠绕;盘绕;混淆;搞混;使不必要地复杂化;折叠或卷成多层重叠;混淆,把某物与其他东西混在一起
To make something unnecessarily complex or intricate.
使不必要地复杂化
To make unnecessarily complex.
折叠或卷成多层重叠
To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
混淆,把某物与其他东西混在一起
To confuse, mix up (something) with something else.
一般现在时
The path convolutes through the forest.
小径在森林中蜿蜒。
一般过去时
She convoluted the wire into a loop.
她把电线绕成一个圈。
现在完成时
They have convoluted the rope around the pole.
他们把绳子缠绕在柱子上。
规则动词,意为卷绕、盘旋。
The snake convoluted itself around the branch.
蛇缠绕在树枝上。
用法提示:此处 'convoluted' 为过去时,表示物理上的卷绕动作。
The vines are convoluting up the trellis.
藤蔓正沿着棚架盘旋生长。
用法提示:'convoluting' 为现在分词,表示持续盘绕的过程。
The machine convolutes the wire into a tight coil.
机器将电线卷成紧密的线圈。
用法提示:'convolutes' 为第三人称单数现在时,表示卷绕的操作。
及物用法,表示使事情、流程或论证不必要地复杂化。
The extra approval steps convolute an otherwise simple process.
额外的审批步骤使原本简单的流程变得复杂。
表示把事物混淆或混在一起,常用 with 引出另一对象。
Do not convolute this problem with the earlier one.
不要把这个问题和先前那个问题混在一起。
表示卷绕或折叠时,用 into 说明卷成的形态。
The machine convolutes the thin strip into overlapping layers.
这台机器把细带卷成多层重叠的结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子The plot of the movie is very convolute.
正确表达The plot of the movie is very convoluted.
动词原形 convolute 不能直接放在 be 动词或 very 后面作表语形容词;表示“错综复杂的”要用由过去分词转化来的形容词 convoluted,所以这里应改为 convoluted。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new manager convoluted the workflow more complicated.
正确表达The new manager convoluted the workflow.
convolute 是及物动词,后面只接宾语,不能像 make 那样再接形容词作宾语补足语;convolute 本身已表示“使不必要地复杂化”,因此应删去 more complicated,只保留宾语 the workflow。
complicate 是中性、常用的动词,只表示让事情变得更难处理,本身不含“多余、没必要”的意思;convolute 更书面、更少见,强调把本可简单的事弄得过分复杂。说“病情复杂了”“手续变复杂了”用 complicate,不用 convolute。
convolve 与 convolute 拼写几乎相同,但 convolve 基本只作专业术语(“卷积、卷绕”),不能表示“使复杂化”或“混淆”;而 convolute 除了“卷绕”还有“使不必要地复杂化”的义项,且本身偏书面。日常说“把事情搞复杂”只能用 convolute。
conflate 专指错误地把两个不同的事物等同或合并,是“混淆”这一义的常用词,一般带有“不该混”的意味;convolute 表示“混淆、搞混”时极为罕见且书面,现代英语表达“混为一谈”几乎总用 conflate。
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