plainspoken

1. ADJ-GRADED 直言不讳的；直截了当的
   If you say that someone is plain-spoken, you mean that they say exactly what they think, even when they know that what they say may not please other people.
   1. ...a plain-spoken American full of scorn for pomp and pretense.
      看不惯炫耀和虚伪、直言不讳的一个美国人

1. Leave it to the famously plainspoken Alan Simpson, Republican co-chair of President Obama's deficit commission, to boil it all down.
   任命出了名的直言不讳的共和党人AlanSimpson为奥巴马赤字委员会联合组长来控制预算赤字。
2. A plainspoken country doctor.
   直言不讳的乡村医生。
3. Cauley is slightly balding and barrel-chested, and his Kentucky accent is thick, his speech plainspoken and straightforward.
   考利有点秃顶而且是个水桶胸，他的肯塔基口音非常重，他讲话开门见山直截了当。
4. This is not merely an aesthetic judgement about how robust and plainspoken online debate ought to be.
   这个问题不仅仅是关于网络辩论应该达到何种健全和直言不讳程度的美学判断。
5. LIN Yu-tang: A Man of Wisdom who was Plainspoken on the Inevitable Defects in Life
   林语堂：直面生命必然缺陷的智者

adj

1. characterized by directness in manner or speech
   1. blunt talking and straight shooting
   2. a blunt New England farmer
   3. I gave them my candid opinion
   4. forthright criticism
   5. a forthright approach to the problem
   6. tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
   7. it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
   8. plainspoken and to the point
   9. a point-blank accusation

   Synonym:    bluntcandidforthrightfrankfree-spokenoutspokenpoint-blankstraight-from-the-shoulder

2. using simple and direct language
   1. a plainspoken country doctor