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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
it is plain (that)
 It was plain that Giles was not going to agree.
显然贾尔斯是不会同意的。
 The advantages were plain to see.
优势显而易见。
 You have made your feelings plain enough.
你已经明确表示了你的感受。
 Let me make it plain (=state it clearly). We do not want you here.
让我明说吧，我们不想你待在这儿。
make yourself plain (=make what you are saying clear) 把自己的话说得很明白
 If you do that again you will be severely punished. Do I make myself plain?
如果再那么干，你就会受到严厉惩罚，我说清楚了吗？
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
 The document, written in plain English, tells you about your new policy.
这份文件用简明的英语写成，解释了你们的新政策。
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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.
3  simple 简单的SIMPLE without anything added or without decoration 无装饰的，简单的，朴素的，单纯的 SYN simple
 a plain white blouse
一件朴素的白衬衫
 a plain wooden table
一张朴素的木桌
 plain yoghurt
原味酸奶
 a plain gold wedding ring
一枚式样简单的黄金婚戒
 Your essay should be written on plain paper (=paper with no lines on it).
你的文章应该写在无格白纸上。
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
 Let’s have some plain, truthful answers.
让我们听听坦率而真实的回答吧。
 I don’t know, and that’s the plain truth.
我不知道，真的不知道。
 The plain fact is people still buy books.
事实很明显，人们还在购买书籍。
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〕
 His motive was plain greed.
他的动机纯粹是贪婪。
 When you told him his house was too cold that was just plain bad manners.
你跟他说他的屋子里太冷，这很不礼貌。
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〕
5 Mrs Cookson was a rather plain woman.
库克森夫人是个相貌平平的女人。
n Mrs Jones was a rather plain woman.
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
Examples from the Corpus
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〕
 I don’t call him Uncle – just plain Bill.
我不叫他叔叔，就叫他比尔。
Examples from the Corpus
(just) plain Mr/Mrs etc• And being Lord Aviemore is just like being plain Mr Aviemore, right?• Cluedo's Reverend Green is to become plain Mr Green to bring one of the country's best-loved board games up to date.
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。
Examples from the Corpus
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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in plain sight• I couldn't believe they'd left the drugs and needles right out in plain sight.• Thou shalt not leave illegal things lying around in plain sight.
—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.
Examples from the Corpus
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.
plain Jane• But why is legwear suddenly going from plain Jane to peacock proud?
Related topics: Geography, Sewing & knitting
plain2 ●●○ noun  
1  (also plains) [countableC]SG a large area of flat dry land （大）平原 → prairie
2. [uncountableU]DLH the ordinary stitch in knitting 〔编织的〕平针
n COLLOCATIONS
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.
Examples from the Corpus
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.
plain3 adverbadv  
informalVERY used to emphasize an adjective, usually one referring to a bad quality 简直；完全〔用于强调，一般指不好的素质〕
 It’s just plain crazy to spend all your pay as soon as you get it.
薪水一拿到手就花光，你简直是疯了。
Examples from the Corpus
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.
Origin plain1
(1200-1300) Old French Latin planus “flat, level, clear”
plain1 adjectiveadj →n THESAURUS1plain2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1plain3 adverbadv
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