1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759. Related: Simplified; simplifying.
权威例句
1. Try to simplify your explanation for the children.
你给孩子们讲解要设法讲得简单明了.
2. That will simplify my task.
那可简化我的工作.
3. More needs to be done to simplify the process of registering to vote.
需要进一步简化投票注册程序。
4. To simplify the exercise, the cost of land was not included.
为了简化帐目, 没有把土地费用考虑在内.
5. For one thing, they simplify the design of a rocket engine.