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

• 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。
• Could there be plainer speech than this?
  难道还能有比这番话说得更明白的吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。