simple adj. (-pler; -plest) 1.單純的;簡(jiǎn)單的,簡(jiǎn)易的;輕便的。 2.質(zhì)仆的,自然的,天真的;樸素的;率直的,坦白的,露骨的。 3.無知的,頭腦簡(jiǎn)單的,愚蠢的。 4.普通的,平常的。 5. 卑賤的,身份低微的,無足輕重的。 6.完全的,純粹的。 a simple (mode of) life 簡(jiǎn)單的生活。 simple diet 簡(jiǎn)單的飲食,粗茶淡飯。 simple beauty 純樸的美。 Mine is a simple nothing. 我的東西實(shí)在不像樣子[不足一道]。 You must be very simple to be taken in by such a story. 你會(huì)上這種話的當(dāng),太老實(shí)了。 a simple soldier 普通一兵。 a simple peasant 一個(gè)普通農(nóng)民。 simple twist of the wrist 〔美國(guó)〕易如反掌的事;輕而易舉的辦法。 gentle and simple 〔方言〕貴賤,上下。 pure and simple 絕對(duì)的,完全的,純粹的,十足的 (It is a mistake pure and simple. 這是純粹的錯(cuò)誤)。 n. 1.頭腦簡(jiǎn)單的人;單純之物,單體。 2.〔古語(yǔ)〕藥用植物;藥草制劑。 n. -ness 〔罕用語(yǔ)〕=simplicity.
They tried to argue it away by reminding conscience that they had purloined sweetmeats and apples scores of times ; but conscience was not to be appeased by such thin plausibilities ; it seemed to them , in the end , that there was no getting around the stubborn fact that taking sweetmeats was only " hooking , " while taking bacon and hams and such valuables was plain simple stealing - and there was a command against that in the bible 他們?cè)噲D安撫自己的良心,說以往他們也多次偷過糖果和蘋果,可是良心并不買這個(gè)帳。最后,他們似乎覺得有一個(gè)事實(shí)是不容回避的,那就是偷糖果之類不過是“順陽(yáng)手牽羊” ,而偷咸肉和火腿等貴重東西就正兒巴經(jīng)是偷竊了圣經(jīng)曾就此明文禁止過。