ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLAIN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤open開闊的平原◇The horses galloped across the open plains.馬兒飛奔過開闊的平原。➤rolling連綿起伏的平原◇miles of rolling plain, made fertile by the river被河流澆灌得十分肥沃、連綿起伏數英里的平原➤great, vast大平原;遼闊的平原▸➤flat, flood平坦的平原;洪泛區▸➤fertile肥沃的平原◇fertile plains suitable for farming適宜耕作的肥沃平原➤arid, barren乾旱的/貧瘠的平原▸➤grassy草原▸➤coastal濱海平原VERB + PLAIN➤cross, roam穿越/漫遊平原◇Herds of buffalo roamed these plains.成群的水牛漫步在這些平原上。PREPOSITION➤across a/the plain穿越平原◇Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走過草原。➤in a/the plain在平原上◇the Olduvai Gorge in the vast plain of Tanzania坦桑尼亞廣闊平原上的奧杜瓦伊峽谷➤on a/the plain在平原上◇Nothing grew on the plain.這片平原寸草不生。plain
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1simple/not decorated簡單;無裝飾VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be, look, seem樸素;看上去簡樸;好像簡樸ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/頗為/非常樸素◇The food was fairly plain, but well cooked.雖然都是家常菜,但是做得很好。➤completely十分樸素◇The dress was completely plain, but quite stunning.這件裙裝非常簡單,但是十分漂亮。PHRASES➤plain blue, white, etc.純藍色、純白色等◇a plain white shirt純白色襯衫plain
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2clear清楚VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, seem清楚;好像清楚▸➤become變得清楚▸➤make sth使⋯清楚明白◇They made it plain that they were against the idea.他們明確表示反對這個觀點。ADVERB➤fairly, very, etc.相當/非常清楚▸➤absolutely, perfectly, quite絕對/十分/相當清楚◇Within weeks, it became perfectly plain that we were in the grip of a tyrant.沒過幾個星期,事情就變得很清楚了:我們落在了暴君手裏。➤increasingly越來越清楚▸➤reasonably (especially BrE) 相當明白PREPOSITION➤to對⋯來說清楚◇It is all very plain to me.在我看來非常清楚。
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