| 单词 | simple |
| 释义 | simplesimple /ˈsɪmpəl/ ●●● S2 W1 adjective 1EASY not difficult or complicated to do or understand: I’m sure there’s a perfectly simple explanation. He couldn’t even answer very simple questions. The system is relatively simple.simple to do/make etc. The projects are all simple to make. Make a chart of jobs to do, but keep it simple. Just call her up – it’s as simple as that.► see thesaurus at easy1THESAURUSeasy – not difficult: It was an easy class.straightforward – simple and easy to understand: a straightforward taskuncomplicated – not difficult to understand or deal with, and not having many parts: The instructions are clear and uncomplicated.facile formal – too simple and showing a lack of careful thought or understanding: a facile explanation2PLAIN without a lot of decoration or unnecessary things added SYN plain: a simple black dress The chicken was served with a simple cream sauce. the building’s simple clean lines3ONLY [only before noun] used to emphasize that only one thing is involved: Players practice hard for one simple reason: if they don’t, they don’t play.the simple truth/fact is... The simple truth is that we don’t have enough money.pure/plain and simple It was racism, pure and simple.4NOT HAVING MANY PARTS consisting of only a few necessary parts, and not having a complicated structure: simple organisms such as bacteria a few simple tools5NOT SPECIAL honest and ordinary, and not special in any way: Joe was just a simple farmer.6GRAMMAR eng. lang. arts simple tenses are not formed with an auxiliary such as “have” or “be”7STUPID old-fashioned not intelligent8the simple life life without too many possessions or modern machines, especially in the countryside[Origin: 1200–1300 Old French plain, uncomplicated, from Latin simplus, from sim- one + -plus multiplied by] → see also pure and simple at pure (10) |
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