Simplicity
[sɪm'plɪsɪtɪ] or [sɪm'plɪsəti]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of being simple or uncompounded; 'the simplicity of a crystal'.
(noun.) absence of affectation or pretense.
(noun.) a lack of penetration or subtlety; 'they took advantage of her simplicity'.
阿奇校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
(n.) The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
(n.) Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
(n.) Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.
(n.) Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.
(n.) Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.
录入:玛丽埃塔
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.[2]. Artlessness, sincerity, frankness, openness, truth.[3]. Silliness, folly, weakness.
手打:瓦内萨
同义词及反义词：
SYN:artlessness, sincerity, plainness, frankness
ANT:Artfulness, insincerity, guile, deceit
整理:梅尔巴
例句:
- There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The first principle which runs through all art and nature is simplicity; this also is to be the rule of human life. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Reduced to its barest, crudest terms, the proposition of magnetic separation is simplicity itself. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Barff, said the process he had described was remarkable for its great simplicity and the ease with which it could be carried out. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- And at his side let us place the just man in his nobleness and simplicity, wishing, as Aeschylus says, to be and not to seem good. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- His simplicity as to clothes has already been described. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Surely my deductions are simplicity itself, said he. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The simplicity of the method of generating acetylene gas from this substance by merely bringing it in contact with water has greatly stimulated invention in this field. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- This then is the first principle I establish in the science of human nature; nor ought we to despise it because of the simplicity of its appearance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Miss Bates's gratitude for Mrs. Elton's attentions to Jane was in the first style of guileless simplicity and warmth. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Did not the recollection of the heroic simplicity of the Homeric life nerve you up? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The old gentleman's undoubting, unquestioning simplicity has a rare freshness about it in these matter-of-fact railroading and telegraphing days. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Man can no more go back to the simplicity of the existence you eulogize, than you could settle down to a fashionable life in London and enjoy it. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- If you do, you must have certainly lost that simplicity which was once your characteristic charm. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
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