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

  1. ADJ 单色的；素色的；无花纹（或图案、字迹）的
    A plain object, 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。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 朴素的；简朴的
    Something that is plain is 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。
  3. 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
  4. ADJ-GRADED （相貌）平常的，不好看的
    If you describe someone as plain, 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
  5. N-COUNT 平原；（几乎没有树木的）大片平地
    A plain is 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。
  6. ADV （用于形容词前加强语气）显然，完全地
    You can use plain before an adjective in order to emphasize it.
    1. The food was just plain terrible.
      这食物实在太难吃了。
    2. Plain is 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？
  7. 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 use plain before 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？
  8. PHRASE （警察）穿便衣的
    If a police officer is in 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。
  9. plain sailing → see: sailing
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双语例句

  1. Plainer examples of the early period do not fetch anything like these sums.
    早期更为普通的样本卖不到这种价钱。
  2. 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。
  3. Can I speak plainer?
    难道我说得不够明白吗？
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. Quint, who in the book wore a T-shirt and faded jeans and in the film had a beard and a bandanna, was a plainer dresser.
    昆特船长在书里穿着T恤和褪了色的牛仔裤，在屏幕上则以大胡子和印花大手帕示人。
  7. The researchers have found beautiful women have more children than their plainer counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female.
    科研人员发现漂亮的女性会比那些容貌一般的女性有更多的后代，而这些后代中很大一部分的比例还是女性。
  8. 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。
  9. These clothes are too fancy for me, I prefer plainer ones.
    这些衣服对我来说过于花哨，我还是喜欢素净些的。
  10. Plainer products are the bread and butter of the industry. Farmers paid taxes to the central government, and provided most of its income.
    较普通的产品是这种工业的主要收入来源。农民向中央政府纳税，税款是中央政府的主要收入来源。
  11. 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。
  12. Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to account for their success.
    英俊的男总裁被认为比平庸的男总裁更完整；努力和能力被用来解释他们的成功。
  13. He found an even plainer demonstration of the existence of atoms.
    他找到了一种更为简明的方法，证明原子的存在。
  14. Popular works are simpler and plainer, and therefore more readily accepted by the broad masses of the people today.
    普及的东西比较简单浅显，因此也比较容易为目前广大人民群众所迅速接受。
  15. 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。
  16. In plainer words, the company must change its ways radically.
    简单的说，公司必须进行巨大变革。
  17. 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。
  18. Could there be plainer speech than this?
    难道还能有比这番话说得更明白的吗？
  19. I saw five ( two clearly) but they looked like Middendorff's ( which I already have from Chi Gu) with the exception of one larger and plainer individual.
    我看到五只（两只很清楚）很像北蝗莺（我今年已经在七股记录到了），其中一只体型较大而且体色比较朴素。
  20. But not to worry: it all... falls into place in the book's second half, where the language is plainer ( Hallowell Bowser)
    但别担心：它全都在书的后半部分，那儿的语言浅显一些（哈洛韦尔鲍瑟）
  21. The essence of the city is a civic life, lies in molding a dwelling place of the civilization and decency that is plainer, and then live a fine life here.
    城市的本质是生活，是市民的生活，在于塑造一个更加洗练的文明与礼仪的居所，然后在这里过着美好的生活。
  22. In comparison with the normal capital structure theories, the analyzing way is plainer and more practical.
    与通常的资本结构理论分析相比，这种分析更加直观，也具有更强的实用价值。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. In order to have a better understanding of Xixia community as well as the relations of Song, Liao, Jin dynasty and Xixia. I will study from the enormous benefits of plainer salt production and the socio-economic significance of Xixia.
    主要通过西夏青白盐的生产带来的的巨大利益和对西夏社会经济产生的意义，更进一步了解西夏的社会以及西夏与宋的关系。
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