1640s, "tangled," from past participle adjective from complicate. Figurative meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to unravel" is from 1650s.
雙語例句
1. Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple.
雖然地稅在細節(jié)上復雜得要命，但在本質(zhì)上卻很簡單。
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2. His love life was complicated, and involved intense relationships.
他的愛情生活很復雜，幾段感情都是轟轟烈烈。
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3. The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.
一場嚴重的森林大火的蔓延使得形勢更加復雜。
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4. He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.
他說那是一個非常曲折復雜的故事。
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5. The text is approachable, coping well with quite complicated subjects.