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plainly

英 ['pleinli] 美

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词naturally expressly apparently aboveboard

adv. 明白地；坦率地；平坦地；朴素地

TOEFL低频词

英英释意

1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');: "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"

2. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;: "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"

英文词源

plainly (adv.): late 14c., from plain (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "simply, frugally" is from 1560s.

考试真题

The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful.

实用场景例句

The sea was plainly visible in the distance.: 大海远远地清晰可见。

The lease plainly states that all damage must be paid for.: 租约明确规定，一切损坏必须赔偿。

She had no right to interfere in what was plainly a family matter.: 这事明摆着是别人的家务事，她无权干涉。

Plainly (= obviously) something was wrong.: 很显然什么地方出了问题。

To put it plainly, he's a crook.: 实话实说吧，他是个骗子。

She was plainly dressed and wore no make-up.: 她衣着朴素，粉黛不施。

The judge's conclusion was plainly wrong...: 法官的结论明摆着是错的。

Plainly, a more objective method of description must be adopted...: 显而易见，必须采用更为客观的描述方法。

He was plainly annoyed...: 他明显是生气了。

I could plainly see him turning his head to the right and left...: 我能清楚地看到他左右摇晃着脑袋。

'You're a coward,' Mark said very plainly and soberly...: 马克非常直率而严肃地说：“你是个懦夫。”

Few of our political leaders are willing to talk plainly and honestly about the emergency facing the country.: 我们的政治领导人没有几个愿意开诚布公地谈论国家所面对的紧急情况。

And the future plainly holds many changes.: 显然,未来存在许多变数.

Plainly here were " two souls with but a single thought. ": 不消说,他俩正是 “ 一条道儿上 ” 的朋友.

Plainly he was not to be allowed to share in it.: 人家显然不许他沾边.

Scepticism is plainly in order about what such meetings achieve, beyond declarations and promises.: 马上会有这样的疑问,这样的会议除了达成宣言和承诺外,还能做些什么?

Don't mince matters , but speak plainly.: 不要含糊其词, 有话就直说吧.

Say what you have to say plainly . Don't go all round the circle to get here.: 你该说的就直说吧,不用转弯抹角.

If ever eyes could speak, hers did very plainly.: 如果说眼睛能说话, 她的眼睛可说得清楚极了.

She was plainly but neatly dressed.: 她穿着朴素整洁.

Jack showed his dislike plainly in scorching satire.: 杰克以尖刻的讽刺直率地表明了自己的厌恶.

Johnson was plainly a canny individual.: 约翰逊显然是个狡猾的人物.

I plainly perceive some objections remain.: 我清楚地察觉到还有一些反对意见.

Lunar craters can be plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.: 借助小型望远镜可以看清月球上的环形山.