Simple
['sɪmp(ə)l] or ['sɪmpl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties.
(adj.) unornamented; 'a simple country schoolhouse'; 'her black dress--simple to austerity' .
(adj.) (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions .
(adj.) having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; 'a simple problem'; 'simple mechanisms'; 'a simple design'; 'a simple substance' .
伊恩校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
(a.) Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
(a.) Mere; not other than; being only.
(a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
(a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
(a.) Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
(a.) Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
(a.) Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
(a.) Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
(a.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
(a.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
(a.) Homogenous.
(a.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
(a.) Something not mixed or compounded.
(a.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
(a.) A drawloom.
(a.) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
(a.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
(v. i.) To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
整理:雷蒙德
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Single, uncombined, uncompounded, unmixed, elementary, bare, mere, not complex, nothing else but, not complicated.[2]. Plain, unadorned, unstudied, unvarnished, natural, chaste, neat.[3]. Artless, undesigning, sincere, unaffected, unconstrained, NAÏVE, frank, open, downright, inartificial, straightforward, true, simple-hearted, simple-minded.[4]. Silly, foolish, weak, not wise, not sagacious.
n. Medicinal plant.
錄入:罗宾逊
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Single, incomplex, uncompounded, unblended, isolated, pure, unmixed, mere,absolute, plain, unadorned, unartificial, artless, sincere, undesigning,single-minded, unaffected, sickly, weak, unsophisticated, humble, homely,lowly, elementary, ultimate, primal, rudimentary
ANT:Double, complex, compounded, blended, mixed, fused, multiform, multigenerous,various, compound, articulated, subdivided, organized, connected, modified,complicated, elaborate, artificial, artful, designing, insincere,double-minded, affected, self-conscious, sagacious, sophisticated, great,eminent, illustrious, complete, developed, perfect
格伦达整理
解釋/意思:
adj. single: undivided: resisting decomposition: elementary undeveloped: plain single entire: homogeneous: open: unaffected: undesigning: true: clear: straightforward: artless: guileless: unsuspecting: credulous: not cunning: weak in intellect: silly: of mean birth—opposed to Gentle.—n. something not mixed or compounded: a medicinal herb: a simple feast—opposed to a double or semidouble.—v.i. to gather simples or medicinal plants.—adjs. Sim′ple-heart′ed having a simple heart: guileless; Sim′ple-mind′ed having a simple mind: unsuspecting: undesigning.—ns. Sim′ple-mind′edness the state or quality of being simple-minded: artlessness; Sim′pleness the state or quality of being simple: artlessness: simplicity: folly; Sim′pler a gatherer of simples; Sim′pless (Spens.) simplicity; Sim′pleton a weak or foolish person.—adv. Simplic′iter simply not relatively.—ns. Simplic′ity the state or quality of being simple: singleness: want of complication: openness: clearness: freedom from excessive adornment: plainness: sincerity: artlessness: credulity silliness folly; Simplificā′tion the act of making simple.—adj. Sim′plificātive.—n. Sim′plificātor one who simplifies.—v.t. Sim′plify to make simple: to render less difficult: to make plain:—pa.t. and pa.p. sim′plified.—ns. Sim′plism affected simplicity; Sim′plist one skilled in simples.—adj. Simplis′tic.—adv. Sim′ply in a simple manner: artlessly: foolishly: weakly: plainly: considered by itself: alone: merely: solely.
整理:丽纳
例句/造句/用法:
- Notwithstanding its simple action, its structure is complicated by a large amount of adding mechanism. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is quite too transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that it was impossible for me to solve so simple a question. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Those were very simple facts, and my judgment went no farther. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We can clearly discern this in the case of animals with simple habits. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Simple perceptions or impressions and ideas are such as admit of no distinction nor separation. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Gale suggested that his simple electro-magnet, with its few turns of thick wire, should be replaced by one with a coil of long thin wire. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- A vague, very simple Christianity pervaded the illiterate peasant life, mixed with much superstition. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Up to that time he had seen very little incandescent lighting, for the simple reason that there was very little to see. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- So we, a simple triad on empty earth, were multiplied to each other, till we became all in all. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The simplest form of electric magnet is shown in Fig. 2. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- We seem to want the oldest and simplest human clothing where the clothing of the earth is so primitive. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- So far Morse had only used his recorder over a few yards of wire, his electro-magnet had been of the simplest make, and his battery was a single pair of plates. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- And with all this, the sweetest tempered person (I allude to Mr. Godfrey)--the simplest and pleasantest and easiest to please--you ever met with. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They proved to be the simplest instructions I had ever received in the whole of my professional career. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Why was this easiest, simplest work of self-culture always too much for me? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Questions put to him seemed the simplest in the world, but turned out to be anything rather than that, after he had answered 'em. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I was indebted to Marian's quick perception for meeting this necessity at once by the best and simplest means. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As my eyes wandered about the garden, the sight of the hundreds of air craft lying unguarded around us suggested the simplest avenue to freedom. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The simplest illustration of electro-metallic deposition is obtained by immersing a silver spoon and a strip of zinc into a solution of sulphate of copper. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Nomadism cuts men off from fixed temples and intense local associations; they take a broader and simpler view of the world. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The philosopher himself has lost the love of truth, and the soldier, who is of a simpler and honester nature, rules in his stead. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The broad outline of the history of Egypt is simpler than the history of Mesopotamia. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Probably, because the ape's would be far simpler than those of the higher organism. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- What 'simpler way'? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- This is, in its simpler forms, a stiff, detachable tube from fifteen to twenty feet long and about four inches in diameter. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- K?nig’s machine was in 1827 succeeded by that of Applegath and Cowper, which was simpler and more rapid. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I fancy we can attain our end in a simpler way. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The history we need to tell here of India is simpler even than this brief record of Egypt. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It's shorter and simpler in Spanish. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
整理:理查德