simple
英式音标：simple怎么读
美式音标：simple怎么读
词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,中高频词,基本词汇
近义词： half-witted,idiotic,stupid,ignorant,dull,asinine,moronic
反义词： difficult,compound,complex,hard,complicated,intricate,wise
simple词义
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adj. 简单的；单纯的；天真的n. 笨蛋；愚蠢的行为；出身低微者n. (Simple)人名；(法)桑普勒
词态变化
比较级: simpler;最高级: simplest;
中文词源
simple 简单的，单纯的
来自古法语 simple,简单的，直白的，来自拉丁语 simplex,单倍的，简单的，来自 PIE*sem, 一，词源同 same,-plex,倍数，词源同 triple,complex.引申诸相关词义。
simple双语例句
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- 1. The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.
- 信写得很短——只是简单地说了一下他们的问题。
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- 2. Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple.
- 虽然地税在细节上复杂得要命，但在本质上却很简单。
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- 3. The room remains simple with bare, stippled green walls.
- 房间仍然很简朴，四面都是饰有圆点的绿色空墙。
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- 4. Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot.
- 遗憾的是，过于简单的情节使得这部电影差强人意。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. "But Peter, it's not that simple," Goldstone countered in a firm voice.
- “但是，彼得，事情并非那么简单，”戈德斯通语气坚决地驳斥道。
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simple英文词源
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- simple: [13] Etymologically, simple denotes ‘same-fold’ – that is, not multifarious. It goes back ultimately to a compound formed from prehistoric Indo-European *sm-, *sem-, *som- ‘same’ (source also of English same, similar, single, etc) and *pl- ‘fold’ (source of English fold, ply, etc). This passed into Latin as simplus ‘single’, which found its way into English via Old French simple.
=> fold, ply, same, similar - simple (adj.)
- c. 1200, "free from duplicity, upright, guileless; blameless, innocently harmless," also "ignorant, uneducated; unsophisticated; simple-minded, foolish," from Old French simple (12c.) "plain, decent; friendly, sweet; naive, foolish, stupid," hence "wretched, miserable," from Latin simplus, variant of simplex "simple, uncompounded," literally "onefold" (see simplex). Sense of "free from pride, humble, meek" is mid-13c. As "consisting of only one substance or ingredient" (opposite of composite or compounded) it dates from late 14c.; as "easily done" (opposite of complicated) it dates from late 15c.
From mid-14c. as "unqualified; mere; sheer;" also "clear, straightforward; easily understood." From late 14c. as "single, individual; whole." From late 14c. of clothing, etc., "modest, plain, unadorned," and of food, "plain, not sumptuous." In medicine, of fractures, etc., "lacking complications," late 14c. As a law term, "lacking additional legal stipulations, unlimited," from mid-14c.
In Middle English with wider senses than recently, such as "inadequate, insufficient; weak, feeble; mere; few; sad, downcast; mournful; of little value; low in price; impoverished, destitute;" of hair, "straight, not curly." As noun, "an innocent or a guileless person; a humble or modest person" (late 14c.), also "an uncompounded substance." From c. 1500 as "ignorant people."
simple实用场景例句
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- a simple solution
- 简单的解决办法
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- The answer is really quite simple.
- 实际上答案相当简单。
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- This machine is very simple to use.
- 这台机器操作非常简单。
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- We lost because we played badly. It's as simple as that .
- 我们输了是因为我们打得不好，原因就这么简单。
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- Give the necessary information but keep it simple .
- 说说基本情况，简单一点。
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- simple but elegant clothes
- 素雅的衣服
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- We had a simple meal of soup and bread.
- 我们喝汤，吃面包，凑合了一顿。
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- The accommodation is simple but spacious.
- 住处简朴但宽敞。
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- Nobody wanted to believe the simple truth.
- 谁也不愿意相信这明显的事实。
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- It was a matter of simple survival.
- 这完全是能不能生存的问题。
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- It's nothing to worry about─just a simple headache.
- 不用担心——只是有点儿头痛。
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- I had to do it for the simple reason that (= because) I couldn't trust anyone else.
- 我之所以这么做，纯粹是因为我信不过任何人。
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- (grammar 语法)a simple sentence (= one with only one verb)
- 简单句
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- simple forms of life, for example amoebas
- 如变形虫之类的简单生命形式
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- a simple machine
- 结构简单的机器
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- I'm a simple country girl.
- 我是一个普普通通的乡村姑娘。
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- He's not mad─just a little simple.
- 他不是疯，只是智力稍低。
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- ...simple pictures and diagrams.
- 简单的图画和图表
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- ...pages of simple advice on filling in your tax form...
- 几页关于如何填写税务表格的简单建议
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- The Holy Family Church was closed and the parish now celebrates mass in this simple side chapel...
- 圣家堂关闭了，现在该教区的居民在它旁边的简陋的小教堂里做弥撒。
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- He ate a simple dinner of rice and beans.
- 他晚饭简单地吃了点米饭和豆子。
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- Some puzzles look difficult but once the solution is known are actually quite simple...
- 有些谜语看似难解，可一旦知道了谜底其实十分简单。
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- The answer is simple...
- 答案很简单。
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- The job itself had been simple enough...
- 工作本身十分容易。
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- The simplest way to install a shower is to fit one over the bath.
- 安装花洒最简单的方法就是在浴缸上面装一个。
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- He was simple as a child.
- 他头脑简单地像个孩子。
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- His refusal to talk was simple stubbornness.
- 他拒绝交谈完全是因为固执。
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