基本释义
- adj.
- 清楚的; 坦诚的; 单色的; 朴素的; 普通的; 明显的; 相貌平平的; 平针的; 完全的
- n.
- 平原; 平针
- adv.
- 显然
实用例句
He made it plain that we should leave.
他明确表示要我们离开。
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She made her annoyance plain.
她满脸不耐烦。
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The facts were plain to see .
事实显而易见。
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It was a rip-off, plain and simple .
这是一个不折不扣的冒牌货。
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The plain fact is that nobody really knows.
事实很明显，没有人真正了解。
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a politician with a reputation for plain speaking
说话直率出了名的一个政治人物
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a plain but elegant dress
朴素淡雅的连衣裙
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plain food
清淡的食物
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The interior of the church was plain and simple.
教堂内部朴素无华。
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plain yogurt (= without sugar or fruit)
原味酸奶
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covers in plain or printed cotton
单色或印花的罩布
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Write on plain paper (= without lines) .
用无格白纸书写。
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You don't need any special skills for this job, just plain common sense.
这项工作不需要任何特殊技能，只要有普通常识就够了。
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the flat coastal plain of Thassos
萨索斯岛平坦的滨海平原
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the Great Plains
北美洲大平原
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plain stupid/wrong
简直愚蠢至极；绝对错误
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In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger...
一般来说，单色的地毯使房间显得更宽敞。
He placed the paper in a plain envelope...
他把论文装进一个空白信封里。
Bronwen's dress was plain but it hung well on her...
布朗温的长裙虽然朴素，却很合身。
It was a plain, grey stone house, distinguished mainly by its largely unspoilt simplicity.
这是一幢简朴的灰石房子，主要以其天然简约的风格显得与众不同。
It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown...
他能明显地看出我快要精神崩溃了。
He's made it plain that he loves the game and wants to be involved still.
他明确表示自己热爱这项运动，并仍想参与其中。
...a shy, rather plain girl with a pale complexion.
肤色苍白、相貌平平的害羞女孩
Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
北美大平原上曾有过7,000万头野牛。
The food was just plain terrible.
这食物实在太难吃了。
Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest?
他们为什么不能像其他人一样，给你取个普普通通的安或艾丽斯的名字呢？
Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car.
3名便衣警察让我下车。
真题例句
As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars,although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white colour.
2015年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section ASubsidise companies to adopt plain packaging.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Plain packaging would be another step in the reclassification of cigarettes from inviting consumer products to narcotics .
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Plain packaging discourages non-smokers from taking up smoking.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Evidence from Australia suggests plain packaging pushes society further along that road.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Rising more than 1,000 feet in the middle of the gently rolling plains of Wyoming, the massive column of rock looks as though it was dropped down into this location from a different time and place.
出自-2016年12月听力原文They are interesting for the fact that they are very plain and undecorated for the time, with only one plain central panel at the back and no armrests.
出自-2013年12月听力原文We can tear apart the great grass cover of the western plains and pour toxic chemicals into the soil until the soil is dead and blows away in the wind.
出自-2013年12月听力原文MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.
2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section Csimilar studies tested whether students learned basic physics and chemistry concepts better by reading plain text or viewing pictures to and everyone do better with the help of pictures.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CInstead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their terms.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文Read the syllabus and learning management system information to be sure the answer isn't hiding in plain sight.
2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文英英释义
1. extensive tract of level open land;
"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"
"he longed for the fields of his youth"
2. a basic knitting stitch
1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;
"My mother complains all day"
"She has a lot to kick about"
1. clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
"evident hostility"
"manifest disapproval"
"patent advantages"
"made his meaning plain"
"it is plain that he is no reactionary"
"in plain view"
2. not elaborate or elaborated; simple;
"plain food"
"stuck to the plain facts"
"a plain blue suit"
"a plain rectangular brick building"
3. lacking patterns especially in color
4. not mixed with extraneous elements;
"plain water"
"sheer wine"
"not an unmixed blessing"
5. free from any effort to soften to disguise;
"the plain and unvarnished truth"
"the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
6. lacking embellishment or ornamentation;
"a plain hair style"
"unembellished white walls"
"functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
7. lacking stylistic embellishment;
"a literal description"
"wrote good but plain prose"
"a plain unadorned account of the coronation"
"a forthright unembellished style"
8. comprehensible to the general public;
"written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
9. lacking in physical beauty or proportion;
"a homely child"
"several of the buildings were downright homely"
"a plain girl with a freckled face"
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"
同义词辨析
apparent, obvious, evident, clear, plain, distinct, definite, manifest
这些形容词均含"清楚的，明白的，明显的"之意。