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 plainer words, the company must change its ways radically.
  简单的说，公司必须进行巨大变革。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can I speak plainer?
  难道我说得不够明白吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。