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simpleness

/sim-puhl/US // ˈsɪm pəl //UK // (ˈsɪmpəl) //

简单性,简单化,简单,简化

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    sim·pler, sim·plest.

    • : easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter;simple tools.
    • : not elaborate or artificial; plain: a simple style.
    • : not ornate or luxurious; unadorned:a simple gown.
    • : unaffected; unassuming; modest: a simple manner.
    • : not complicated: a simple design.
    • : not complex or compound; single
    • : occurring or considered alone; mere; bare: the simple truth;a simple fact.
    • : free of deceit or guile; sincere; unconditional: a frank, simple answer.
    • : common or ordinary: a simple soldier.
    • : not grand or sophisticated; unpretentious: a simple way of life.
    • : humble or lowly: simple folk.
    • : inconsequential or rudimentary.
    • : unlearned; ignorant.
    • : lacking mental acuteness or sense: a simple way of thinking.
    • : unsophisticated; naive; credulous.
    • : simpleminded.
    • : Chemistry. composed of only one substance or element: a simple substance.not mixed.
    • : Botany. not divided into parts: a simple leaf;a simple stem.
    • : Zoology. not compound: a simple ascidian.
    • : Music. uncompounded or without overtones; single: simple tone.
    • : Grammar. having only the head without modifying elements included: The simple subject of “The dappled pony gazed over the fence” is “pony.”Compare complete.
    • : consisting of a main verb with no auxiliaries, as takes or stood.
    • : Mathematics. linear.
    • : Optics. having two optical surfaces only.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
    • : something simple, unmixed, or uncompounded.
    • : simples, Textiles. cords for controlling the warp threads in forming the shed on draw-looms.
    • : a person of humble origins; commoner.
    • : an herb or other plant used for medicinal purposes: country simples.

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Examples

  • This will cost a little extra money, but there are several simple after-market modifications you can make to get the most out of your new 4x4.

  • At Stanford, they were focused mostly on ethanol and methanol, which are simple liquid alcohols.

  • You can take some simple steps now to make the voting process smoother.

  • So we felt that during a pandemic, the simplest version of a vaccine is the one that could reach billions of doses.

  • Based on The Wall Street Journal’s reporting, it seems that Oracle may simple serve as the warehouse for TikTok’s domestic user data.

  • The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.

  • The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.

  • Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences.

  • “It is the hardest to play,” one of the buglers says of this seemingly simple tune.

  • The premise was simple: satire is devastating against tyrants.

  • Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).

  • It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.

  • Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.

  • If I selected lucid and simple extracts, they would give no idea of the intricacy and prolixity of Duns.

  • It has long since dismissed as too short and simple for its pages, the short and simple annals of the poor.