1640s, "tangled," from past participle adjective from complicate. Figurative meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to unravel" is from 1650s.
双语例句
1. Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple.
虽然地税在细节上复杂得要命，但在本质上却很简单。
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2. His love life was complicated, and involved intense relationships.
他的爱情生活很复杂，几段感情都是轰轰烈烈。
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3. The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.
一场严重的森林大火的蔓延使得形势更加复杂。
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4. He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.
他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。
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5. The text is approachable, coping well with quite complicated subjects.
