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plain
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plain1 /pleɪn/ ●●● S2 W3 adjectiveadj → plane
1 clear 清楚的CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND very clear, and easy to understand or recognize 清楚的，明白的，显而易见的，明显的 SYN obvious
make yourself plain (=make what you are saying clear) 把自己的话说得很明白
as plain as day/the nose on your face (=very clear) 极为明显的，非常清楚的
2 in plain English/language in clear and simple words, without using technical language 用简单的英语/语言
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in plain English/language• A weekly publication that analyzes some 1,700 different stocks, Value Line is written in plain language.• Our subsequent telephone conversation was a study in plain language, but McFarlane held his ground and made no apologies.
4 honest 诚实的CLEAR/HONEST showing clearly and honestly what is true or what you think about something 坦白的，直率的，爽快的 SYN frank, candid
5 emphasis 强调VERY [only before noun] spoken used to emphasize that a particular type of behaviour, attitude etc is involved, usually a bad one 完全的，十足的〔一般用于强调不好的行为或态度〕
6 not beautiful 不漂亮的UGLY not beautiful or attractive – often used because you want to avoid saying this directly 不好看的，不漂亮的，相貌平平的〔委婉说法〕
plain Jane (=used to talk about a woman who is not beautiful) 没有姿色的女人，外表平凡的女子
7. in plain clothes SCPpolice officers in plain clothes are not wearing uniform 〔警察〕穿便衣的 → plain-clothes
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in plain clothes• They were in plain clothes and, in his opinion, drunk, arrogant and overpowering.• Large men in plain clothes and short haircuts had wanted to know his business.• Mr Montesinos was escorted by agents in plain clothes into a helicopter shortly after arriving at Lima airport.• In uniform and in plain clothes, roughly 50 were on different shifts asking each shopper for more information.
8 (just) plain Mr/Mrs etc spoken used to show that someone does not have or use a special title （仅仅是）不带头衔[称号]的先生/夫人等〔用来表示某人没有或不使用特殊头衔等〕
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9 be plain sailing EASYto be very easy to do or achieve 一帆风顺，非常顺利
If you can answer the first question, the rest of the test should be plain sailing.
如果你能答出测验的第一题，其余的题目就都是小菜一碟了。
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be plain sailing• Get the mitres right and the rest is plain sailing.• I recognized that all would not be plain sailing.• In any event, it will not be plain sailing.• Roderick Conway Morris says it's not going to be plain sailing.
10 in plain sight American EnglishAmE if something is in plain sight, it is easy to see or notice, especially when it should be hidden 显眼的，露眼的
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—plainness noun [uncountableU]
n THESAURUS
plain without anything added, or without decoration
a plain shirt
The fireplace was plain apart from a small design at the top.
simple not having a lot of decoration or unnecessary things, but attractive
She was wearing a simple black dress.
The accommodation is simple but clean.
austere very plain and with very little decoration, or very little in it – used about a room or place that does not make you feel welcome
He dreaded having dinner in that austere dining room.
The building was grey and a little austere.
the austere beauty and grandeur of mountain scenery
spartan plain and without anything that would make life easier or more comfortable – used especially about rooms, conditions, or ways of living
Her apartment is quite spartan.
They had a very spartan life.
stark very plain in a surprising way, with very little colour or decoration – used about rooms and places
Sam sat looking at the stark white walls.
It is a landscape of stark beauty.
bare empty, or not covered by any decorations
Her office seemed very bare now that her desk had gone.
He was tired of looking at the bare walls of his prison cell.
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plain• Once again, the desirability of clear terms of contract, coupled perhaps with an unambiguous job description, is plain.• The company makes plain and sweet biscuits and soda crackers.• Catherine, who had been rather plain as a child, was now an attractive young woman.• a plain blue suit• He put the letter in a plain brown envelope.• The document is written in plain English.• Fit a plain glass or polaroid filter over the lens Load the cassette into the camcorder in dust-free conditions.• Or is it just plain indifference?• Miles was the plain one in an otherwise good-looking family.• Stuffed hard-boiled eggs, most often called deviled eggs, can be spicy, plain or very exotic.• Cool for 1 minute, then trim using a plain pastry cutter which is slightly larger than the biscuits.• She spoke slowly and carefully, using plain simple language.• plain vanilla ice cream• Do you have any plain white shirts?• The chapel was a small, plain, white-washed building.
it is plain (that)• I have given up begging to be taken back into service since it is plain Annunciata is preferred.• From what I have heard of you it is plain enough you have fled from somewhere.• However this may be, it is plain that the district judge must have tacitly rejected the argument.• Yet it is plain that the selfishness of a gene can have nothing whatever in common with human egoism.
plain paper• Displaying the results Smart presentation of results should always be done on plain paper.• Therefore, the letter was on plain paper.• All this information must also be included on captions, and if plain paper is being used the address should be added.
the plain truth• I've never seen her before in my life, and that's the plain truth.• That is not a metaphor, it is the plain truth.• But the plain truth is that we can not say what was really done for the children or what the results were.
plain2 ●●○ noun
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adjectives
the open plain(s)
On the open plains of east Africa are zebras, antelopes, and gazelles.
the vast/great plain(s)
Beyond lay the vast plains of the Central Valley.
a flat plain
Here a group of small hills rises unexpectedly out of the flat plain.
a grassy plain
The village is situated on the high grassy plains at the foot of the Sierra.
a fertile plain
The rains washed soil down to create fertile plains.
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plain• The Cheyenne, who also once lived in Minnesota, hunted the region of the Black Hills and the central plains.• the central Oahu plain• Some smooth plains consist of infill in some medium sized craters.• This impressive stone building has a commanding site on a hill above the surrounding plain.• At night there were no longer any bonfires to be seen, either on the hill or way out on the surrounding plain.• Today, most travellers who see the plains do it from thirty thousand feet.• the plains of Nebraska• The plain below where the buildings once stood is as empty as when Crazy Horse surrendered there.• Tipi poles were made of the slender trunks of young lodgepole pines, and were rare items on the treeless plains.• The mica dams dry out to form white plains, with a consistency of putty.
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plain• Tell me plainly what you want.• The leaflet plainly states what the party's position is on immigration.• There was another little room, the Quiet Room, plain concrete block walls without chairs or windows.• He possesses plain good sense, and is in the full confidence of his Countrymen.• Stella Duncan was just plain lost.• They'd all queue up-excited, mistrustful or just plain scared.
(1200-1300) Old French Latin planus “flat, level, clear”
plain1 adjectiveadj →n THESAURUS1plain2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1plain3 adverbadv
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⇨ plain 1 (a plain white shirt) ⇨ plain 2 (the plain truth) ⇨ average (plain common sense) ⇨ clear 1 (plain to see) ⇨ clear 2 (plain English) ⇨ ugly (a plain girl) ⇨ plain sailing ⇨ easy 1 plain 1 a plain white shirt 白衬衣 the plain truth 显而易见的事实 plain ♦︎ simple ♦︎ bare ♦︎ stark ♦︎ severe ♦︎ austere These words all describe things that have no decoration or other unnecessary additions. 这些词均表示不加修饰的、简朴的。 SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达简朴的程度
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ a plain / a simple / an austere design ◆ a plain / simple / bare interior ◆ the simple / stark / austere lines of sth ◆ a plain / simple / bare / stark white... ◆ a plain / simple / stark / severe black... ◆ very plain / simple / bare / austere◆ rather plain / stark / severe / austere◆ almost bare / severe / austere■ plain without decoration, a pattern, marks or other additions; not complicated 无修饰的；无花纹的；素的；简单的 ◆ Wear it with a plain white shirt.把它和白衬衣配着穿。 ◆ Patterned carpet shows the dirt less than a plain colour.花色地毯比单色地毯耐脏。 ◆ Do you want plain or lined paper?你想要白纸还是条格纸？ ◆ plain food / cooking清淡的食物；简单的烹调方法 ◆ plain yogurt (= without sugar or fruit) 原味酸奶 OPP fancy ⇨ decorative plain ⇨ ugly ▸ plainly ◆ She was plainly dressed and wore no make-up.她穿着朴素，不施脂粉。 ■ simple (written , approving ) basic or plain, without anything extra or unnecessary; consisting of only a few parts; not complicated in structure 朴素的；简朴的；部件少的；结构简单的 ◆ The best gowns are simple and elegant.最好的礼服要简单、雅致。 ◆ We had a simple meal of soup and bread.我们喝汤，吃面包，凑合了一顿。 ◆ The accommodation is simple but spacious.住处很简朴，但很宽敞。 ◆ It's quite a simple machine (= one that is not complicated and has only a few parts) .这部机器一点也不复杂。 ◆ (grammar 语法 ) a simple sentence (= one with only one verb) 简单句 OPP fancy ⇨ decorative ▸ simplicity sɪmˈplɪsəti [uncountable ] ◆ (approving ) the simplicity of the architecture建筑风格的简洁质朴 ▸ simply ◆ The rooms were simply furnished.房间配有简单的家具。 ◆ They live simply (= they do not spend much money) .他们过着简朴的生活。 ■ bare (written ) (of surfaces) not covered with or protected by anything （表面）无遮盖的，没有保护物的 ◆ bare wooden floorboards未铺地毯的木地板 ◆ The walls were bare except for a small mirror.墙上光秃秃的，只有一面小镜子。 ◆ They found themselves in a huge bare hall.他们发现自己在一个空荡荡的大厅里。 ■ stark (written , disapproving ) without any colour, decoration or comfort 了无修饰的；粗陋的 ◆ The corridors were stark and uncarpeted.走廊上没有装饰，也没铺地毯。 ◆ The hills stood stark against the winter sky.冬日的天空下，小山了无生气。 ■ severe (disapproving ) extremely plain and without anything that makes it look soft or beautiful 过于简朴的 ◆ Her hair was cut in a very short, severe style.她的头发剪得非常短，没有花样。 ◆ She was wearing a severe dark grey jacket.她穿了一件很普通的深灰色夹克。 ▸ severely ◆ Her hair was tied severely in a bun.她的头发简单地盘成了一个发髻。 ■ austere ɒˈstɪə(r), ɔːˈstɪə(r); NAmE ɔːˈstɪr (written , approving ) simple and plain, with no decoration, usually because that is what sb prefers （通常因个人喜好）朴素的，简陋的，无华饰的 ◆ the austere simplicity of the building建筑物的朴素无华 ◆ the lonely, austere beauty of his painting of a station in the snow他那幅雪中车站油画的孤独、朴素之美 plain plain ♦︎ plateau ♦︎ grassland ♦︎ prairie ♦︎ lowland ♦︎ savannah ♦︎ steppe ♦︎ pampas These words all mean a large area of land. 这些词均表示平原、高原或草原。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ on the plains / the plateau / grassland / the prairie / the savannah / the steppes / the pampas◆ in grassland / the lowlands / the savannah / the steppes / the pampas◆ the open plain / plateau / grassland / prairie / savannah ◆ the rolling plain / plateau / grasslands / prairie ◆ the high plains / plateau ■ plain [countable ] ( plains [plural ] ) a large area of flat land 平原 ◆ To the east lies the flat coastal plain of the Yucatan peninsula.东边是尤卡坦半岛平坦的海滨平原。 ◆ Millions of buffalo used to roam freely across the Great Plains.数百万只野牛曾经在北美洲大平原无拘无束地活动。 ■ plateau ˈplætəʊ; NAmE plæˈtoʊ [countable ] (plural plateaus or plateaux plæˈtəʊz; NAmE plæˈtoʊz an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it 高原 ◆ From a narrow fringe of coastal plain, the main island rises to a central plateau.主岛的沿海地带狭窄平缓，中部隆起形成高原。 ■ grassland ˈgrɑːslænd; NAmE ˈgræslænd [uncountable ] ( grasslands [plural ] ) a large area of open land covered with wild grass 草原；草地；草场 ◆ The lion adapted itself to dry, open grassland where a yellow coat was most effective.狮子适应了干燥、开阔的草原，黄色的皮毛最适合这样的环境。 ■ prairie ˈpreəri; NAmE ˈpreri [countable , uncountable ] a flat wide area of land in North America, without many trees and originally covered with grass 北美草原 ◆ The North American prairie was once the world's largest grassland.北美草原曾经是世界上最大的草原。 ■ lowland ˈləʊlənd; NAmE ˈloʊlənd [countable , usually plural ] an area of land that is fairly flat and not very high above sea level 低地 ◆ the lowlands of Scotland苏格兰低地 ◆ Much of the region is lowland.该地区大部分是低地。 OPP highlands ⇨ hill ▸ lowland ◆ lowland areas / farmers低地地区；生活在低地的农场主 ■ savannah ( savanna səˈvænə [countable , uncountable ] a wide flat open area of land that is covered with grass and has few trees, especially in Africa （尤指非洲的）稀树草原 ◆ Mount Kilimanjaro rises straight up out of the African savannah.乞力马扎罗山在非洲草原上拔地而起。 ■ steppe step [countable , usually plural , uncountable ] a large area of land that is covered with grass but has few trees, especially in SE Europe and Siberia （尤指东南欧和西伯利亚树少的）大草原，干草原 ◆ The Cossacks are best known as the roving horsemen of the Russian steppes.哥萨克人以漂泊在俄罗斯草原的马背民族著称。 ■ pampas ˈpæmpəs, NAmE also ˈpæmpəz (usually the pampas 通常作the pampas ) [singular + singular or plural verb ] the large area of land in South America that is covered in grass and has few trees （南美洲的）大草原，草甸 ◆ The novel depicts life on the Argentine pampas.这部小说描写了阿根廷大草原的生活。 plain 2 a plain white shirt 白衬衣 the plain truth 显而易见的事实 ➡ See also the entry for honest 另见honest条 plain ♦︎ simple ♦︎ stark ♦︎ bare ♦︎ unequivocal ♦︎ bald These words are all used to describe facts and statements that are very clear and direct, especially when they are unpleasant in some way. 这些词均表示直接的、明显的，尤用于令人不快的事实。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ the plain / simple / stark / bare / unequivocal / bald truth ◆ a plain / a simple / a stark / a bare / an unequivocal / a bald fact / statement ◆ a plain / a simple / an unequivocal answer ■ plain used to describe a fact that other people may not like to hear; honest and direct in way that other people may not like （事实）明显而令人不快的；坦白的；直接的 ◆ The plain fact is that nobody really knows.事实很清楚：没有人真正了解。 ◆ He's a politician with a reputation for plain speaking .他是说话直率出了名的政治人物。 ◆ Let's be plain about this: we will need to make some difficult choices.我们还是直截了当地说吧：我们得作出艰苦的抉择。 ◆ (especially NAmE ) He was a plain, straightforward sort of man.他这人很直率，从来不绕弯子。 plain ⇨ average , plain ⇨ clear adj. 2 ▸ plainly ◆ To put it plainly, he's a crook.挑明了说吧，他是个骗子。 ■ simple [only before noun ] used to describe a fact that other people may not like to hear; very obvious and not complicated by anything else （事实）明显而令人不快的；简单易明的 ◆ The simple truth is that we just can't afford it.明摆着，我们就是买不起。 ◆ I had to do it for the simple reason that (= because) I couldn't trust anyone else.我之所以这么做，原因很简单，我信不过別人。 ◆ It's a simple matter of giving them enough to eat.事情很简单，就是给他们足够吃的东西。 ▸ simply ◆ I don't want to be rude, it's simply that we have to be careful who we give this information to.我不想无礼，不过这信息到底给谁我们得谨慎。 ◆ He was loud, vulgar and arrogant－quite simply the rudest man I've ever met!他说话粗声大气，举止粗俗傲慢－简直是我见过的最没教养的人！ NOTE 辨析 When it is being used to emphasize facts that other people may not like to hear, plain is usually used in the expression the plain fact/truth is that... Simple can be used in this way too, but it can also be used in a wider variety of structures and collocations (such as with reason and matter ). * plain强调他人不愿听到的事实时，通常用于the plain fact/truth is that ...。simple也可以这么用，但是结构和搭配用法更多，如与reason和matter搭配 ◆ The problem was due to the simple fact that...问题源于一个简单的事实⋯ ◆ The problem was due to the plain fact that... ◆ for the plain reason that... ◆ It's a plain matter of... Expressions with simple often suggest impatience with other people's behaviour. * simple构成的表达法常有对他人的行为不耐烦之意 ◆ Nobody wanted to believe the simple truth (= it was easy to see and understand the true facts; people just didn't want to believe them) .事实明摆着，就是没有人相信。 ■ stark (written , disapproving ) used to describe an unpleasant fact or difference that is very obvious （事实）严酷的；（区别）鲜明的 ◆ The government faced a stark choice between civil war and martial law.政府面临残酷的选择，内战还是戒严。 ◆ Social divisions in the city are stark.城市里社会分化很明显。 ◆ The good weather was in stark contrast to the storms of previous weeks.这好天气和前几周的暴风雨形成鲜明的对比。 sharp ⇨ marked ▸ starkly ◆ These theories contrast starkly with the reality of everyday life.这些理论和日常生活现实形成鲜明对照。 ■ bare [only before noun ] the most basic or simple, with nothing extra 最基本的；最简单的 ◆ She gave me only the bare facts of the case.她只给我介绍了这一案件的基本情况。 ◆ The family was short of even the bare necessities of life.这家人甚至没有最起码的生活所需。 ◆ We only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment.我们只有最基本的设备。 ◆ He did the bare minimum of work but still passed the exam.他只下了最少的功夫，但仍然通过了考试。 ■ unequivocal ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkl (formal ) expressing your opinion or intention very clearly and firmly 表达明确的；毫不含糊的；斩钉截铁的 ◆ She gave a typically unequivocal answer.她一如既往，回答得斩钉截铁。 ◆ The reply was an unequivocal 'no'.回答是个干脆利落的“不”字。 OPP equivocal ⓘ An equivocal statement does not have one clear or definite meaning and can be understood in more than one way. * equivocal指意思含混的，因而可能有不同的理解。 ▸ unequivocally ◆ He stated unequivocally that he knew nothing about the document.他明确地说他对那份文件一无所知。 ■ bald describing a rather unpleasant fact or statement that is given without any extra explanation or detail to help you accept what is being said 不加赘述的；简单的；赤裸裸的 ◆ The bald fact is that we don't need you any longer.事实很简单，我们不再需要你了。 ◆ The letter was a bald statement of our legal position.那封信直截了当地说明了我们的法律立场。 ⓘ A bald fact is usually more unpleasant than a plain/simple fact , but not as unpleasant as a stark fact . * bald fact通常比plain/simple fact更让人不愉快，但是不及stark fact那样令人不快。
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Clear to the senses: obvious, apparent, show up...
Obvious: obvious, clear, significant...
Undecorated: plain, simple, functional...
Words used to describe the state or consistency of food: buttery, calorific, caramelised...
Ugly or not attractive: ugly, grim, unattractive...
Relating to names and the process of naming: after, assignment, better known as...
Words used to describe honest and sincere people and behaviour: honest, sincere, fine...
Ugliness and unattractiveness: severity, ...
Large areas of land: field, highveld, land mass...
Ways of emphasizing how bad something is: utterly, sadly, hopelessly...
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