plainer

英 [ˈpleɪnə]

美 [ˈpleɪnər]

adv.  (用于强调)简直，绝对地
adj.  清楚的; 明显的; 浅白的; 坦诚的; 直率的; 直接的; 不尚修饰的; 朴素的; 简单的
plain的比较级

BNC.38467 / COCA.33338

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 单色的；素色的；无花纹（或图案、字迹）的
  Aplainobject, surface, or fabric is entirely in one colour and has no pattern, design, or writing on it.
  1. In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger...
     一般来说，单色的地毯使房间显得更宽敞。
  2. He placed the paper in a plain envelope...
     他把论文装进一个空白信封里。
  3. He wore a plain blue shirt, open at the collar.
     他穿一件素净的蓝色衬衫，领口敞着。
• ADJ-GRADED 朴素的；简朴的
  Something that isplainis very simple in style.
  1. Bronwen's dress was plain but it hung well on her...
     布朗温的长裙虽然朴素，却很合身。
  2. It was a plain, grey stone house, distinguished mainly by its largely unspoilt simplicity.
     这是一幢简朴的灰石房子，主要以其天然简约的风格显得与众不同。
• See also:It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown...He's made it plain that he loves the game and wants to be involved still.plain-spoken
• ADJ-GRADED （相貌）平常的，不好看的
  If you describe someone asplain, you think they look ordinary and not at all beautiful.
  1. ...a shy, rather plain girl with a pale complexion.
     肤色苍白、相貌平平的害羞女孩
• N-COUNT 平原；（几乎没有树木的）大片平地
  Aplainis a large flat area of land with very few trees on it.
  1. Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
     北美大平原上曾有过7,000万头野牛。
• ADV （用于形容词前加强语气）显然，完全地
  You can useplainbefore an adjective in order to emphasize it.
  1. The food was just plain terrible.
     这食物实在太难吃了。
  2. Plainis also used before a noun.
     
  3. Is it love of publicity or plain stupidity on her part?
     她是喜欢抛头露面，还是太过愚蠢了呢？
• ADJ （尤在与另一个更加不同寻常或让人印象深刻的名字比较时表示强调）普通的，平凡的
  You can useplainbefore a name to emphasize how simple and ordinary it is, especially when you are comparing it with another more unusual or impressive name.
  1. Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest?
     他们为什么不能像其他人一样，给你取个普普通通的安或艾丽斯的名字呢？
• PHRASE （警察）穿便衣的
  If a police officer isin plain clothes, he or she is wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  1. Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car.
     3名便衣警察让我下车。
• plain sailing→ see:sailing

双语例句

• Diogenes the man did not speak plainer to Alexander the Great than Diogenes the dog spoke to Florence. 'He subscribed to the offer of his little mistress cheerfully, and devoted himself to her service.
  戴奥吉尼斯这位哲学家对亚历山大皇帝所说的话不比戴奥吉尼斯这条狗对弗洛伦斯所说的话更明白。他兴高采烈地赞成他的小女主人的建议，献身为她效劳。
• In Song Dynasty, the porcelain craft got into its mature stage. During this period of time, five famous kilns and eight kilns series were created and formed. Among them, the plainer and kilns in Jingdezhen are the most famous.
  到宋代时，瓷器工艺步入了其成熟发展阶段，此时期，各地名窑林立，瓷苑百花争艳，出现了五大名窑，八大窑系，其中又以景德镇为中心的青白瓷窑系最为著名。
• But Daniel S Hamermesh also shows that being attractive pays-with good looking employees enjoying more perks and higher pay packets than their plainer colleagues.
  但是经济学教授丹尼尔S汉默梅希还指出，长相有吸引力可获利&长得漂亮的雇员比相貌平平的同事津贴多、薪水高。
• The way to see by Faith, is to shut the eye of reason: the morning daylight appears plainer when you put out your candle.
  用信仰去观察的方法就是闭上理性的双眼：熄掉你的蜡烛时，晨光就自然显现。
• There was not only a great increase of books in the world, but the books that were now made were plainer to read and so easier to understand.
  不仅世界上的书籍大幅度增加，而且现在制作的书读起来更清晰，因此也更容易理解。
• In plainer words, the company must change its ways radically.
  简单的说，公司必须进行巨大变革。
• It explores the origin of legal English and the balance between vagueness and precision with a view to sorting out issues on how to make legal English plainer to understand, avoid the use of obsolete lexica, and reach a balance between vagueness and precision.
  它探讨法律英语的起源以及精确性和模糊性之间的平衡，试图解决如何使法律英语更易于理解，避免使用过时的词汇，力图达到精确性和模糊性的平衡。
• As they neared the intersecting road that came down the thickly wooded hill from Mimosa and fairhill, the sound of hooves and carriage wheels became plainer and clamorous feminine voices raised in pleasant dispute sounded from behind the screen of trees.
  他们驶近一个从茂密的山冈下来的交叉道时，马蹄声和车轮声听得更清楚了，同时从树林背后传来嘁嘁喳喳的女人争吵声和欢笑声。
• A handsome man can earn a fifth more than a plainer colleague but a beautiful woman is not paid a penny more than her average-looking colleague, new research has shown.
  新研究表明，帅哥比长相普通的同事薪水多出五分之一，但美女赚的钱却不会比相貌平平的同事更多。
• In his new book, the writer has switched from his usual pompous style to a plainer manner. continuous performance may be marred by continual interruptions.
  在他的新著中，作者一改他贯有的华丽文风，转而采用了较为朴实的文体。一贯之工作可能因屡次的中断而破坏。