The invention relates to a zirconium tetralylmethoxyl imine complex, a preparation method thereof, and application thereof in catalysis olefin homopolymerisation and copolymerization. In the preparation method, tetrahydronaphthol imine neutral ligand is subjected to hydrogen exchange treatment with lithium alkylide to obtain ligand lithium salt, the ligand lithium salt and zirconium halide react to obtain a product, the product is then filtered, concentrated and recrystallized to obtain the target complex finally. In the presence of a promoter, the zirconium complex can be used for catalyzingreactions such as ethylene and propylene homopolymerisation and copolymerization between ethylene and propylene, ethylene and 1-hexene, ethylene and 1-octylene, and ethylene and norbornene. Accordingto the zirconium Tetralylmethoxyl imine complex, the preparation method and application thereof, the complex has the advantages that raw materials are easy to obtain, synthesis routes of the complex are simple, yield of products is high, property of the complex is stable, the complex has high catalytic activity and can be used for preparing polyethylene, polypropylene, and copolymers of ethylene and propylene, ethylene and 1-hexene, ethylene and 1-octylene, and ethylene and norbornene which have high molecular weight and narrow range of the molecular weight, and can meet requirements of industrial sectors.