Word · Frequency #25233
oversimplify
过分简化；过于简单化
核心释义
simplify something so much that it becomes inaccurate or misleading; make too simple
- 1.
为了简洁或容易理解而省略重要信息地解释或展示事物
To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
为了简洁或容易理解而省略重要信息地解释或展示事物；(使)过分地单纯化
用法In use
Don't oversimplify the problem; there are many factors to consider.
用法提示：oversimplify 作动词，意为“过分简化”，这里用于否定祈使句。
The report oversimplifies the situation by ignoring local differences.
用法提示：oversimplifies 是 oversimplify 的第三人称单数形式，表示“把……过分简单化”。
She oversimplified the argument when she claimed it was only about money.
用法提示：oversimplified 是 oversimplify 的过去式，表示“过分简化了”。
oversimplify sth
oversimplify 是及物动词，后接被过分简化的事物。
The report oversimplifies the causes of the war.
这份报告把战争的原因过分简单化了。
it oversimplifies sth to do sth
it 是形式主语，真正主语是不定式短语。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- oversimplify the issue
- 把问题过分简单化
- We should not oversimplify the issue.我们不应把问题过分简单化。
- oversimplify complex problems
- 把复杂问题过于简单化
- The report tends to oversimplify complex problems.这份报告倾向于把复杂问题过于简单化。
- oversimplify history
- 把历史过分简单化
- Textbooks sometimes oversimplify history.教科书有时会把历史过分简单化。
- oversimplify reality
- 把现实过分简单化
- It would be wrong to oversimplify reality.把现实过分简单化是错误的。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
over（过度）+ simplify（简化）：把复杂问题砍成一句标语，就是“过分简化”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：学术讨论、新闻评论、政策分析 oversimplify 多用于正式或中性语境，常出现在需要指出“把问题看得过于简单”的讨论中，如学术文章、新闻评论或政策分析。日常口语里较少用，更常说 make it too simple。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
按给定读音 /ˌəuvəˈsimplɪfaɪ/，真正押韵的只有 simplify（重音在 /sɪm/，之后读音相同）。amplify、exemplify、modify、justify、classify 虽含 -ify/-mplify 拼写，但重读元音分别为 /æ/、/ɛ/、/ɒ/、/ʌ/、/æ/，不押韵。
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