simple

英[ˈsɪmpl]
美[ˈsɪmpl]

基本释义

adj.
简单的; 单纯的; 朴素的

词性变化

实用例句

a simple solution

简单的解决办法

牛津词典

The answer is really quite simple.

实际上答案相当简单。

牛津词典

This machine is very simple to use.

这台机器操作非常简单。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

Give the necessary information but keep it simple .

说说基本情况,简单一点。

牛津词典

simple but elegant clothes

素雅的衣服

牛津词典

We had a simple meal of soup and bread.

我们喝汤,吃面包,凑合了一顿。

牛津词典

The accommodation is simple but spacious.

住处简朴但宽敞。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

(grammar 语法)a simple sentence (= one with only one verb)

简单句

牛津词典

simple forms of life, for example amoebas

如变形虫之类的简单生命形式

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

...simple pictures and diagrams.

简单的图画和图表

...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

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。

He ate a simple dinner of rice and beans.

他晚饭简单地吃了点米饭和豆子。

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。

The answer is simple...

答案很简单。

The job itself had been simple enough...

工作本身十分容易。

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。

He was simple as a child.

他头脑简单地像个孩子。

His refusal to talk was simple stubbornness.

他拒绝交谈完全是因为固执。

真题例句

Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They were so busy working that they only ate simple meals.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a human when presented with an unusual situation.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Today, Americans are finding their own tips and tricks   for fixing malfunctioning devices with supplies as simple as paper and glue.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

To those Americans for whom money is a concern, my advice is simple: Buy what you can afford, and cook it yourself.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

I'm talking about simple, easy, everyday meals.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Even simple visual cues, like plate size and fighting, have been shown to affect portion size and consumption.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The result of constant muscle tension and stiffness of joints, many of them are avoidable, and simple flexibility training can prevent these by making muscles stronger and keeping joints lubricated (润滑 ).

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Instead he was keenly interested in product design and aesthetics (美学), and in making advanced technology simple to use.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Fortunately, there are a vast number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from historic ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Decorating and simple repairs are also done by students, it is believed that school truly belongs to who use it, they must take responsibility for its maintenance

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Along with improving the equipment, Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenance themselves.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

A simple "thank you" lets the senders know that their email has arrived safely, that it has not been lost among what could be 50 other emails that have arrived in your email inbox that day.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

2016年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

If you are familiar with microsoft Excel or a similar program, creating a table is a simple and effective way to keep track of your job applications.

2018年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as the modern woman depended on no personal maid to dress her.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

If you think this does not apply to you, then here is a simple test to show you are wrong.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

And on reflection, this is not surprising; the single word environment has so many dimensions, and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil deposits—that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almost impossible.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The power of such simple psychology in fighting climate change is attracting attention across the political establishment.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Twitter's huge success is rooted in the simple but profound insight that in a medium with infinite space for self-expression, the most interesting thing we can do is restrict ourselves to 140 characters.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

For one thing, our index backs up a simple but profound statement made by Hillary Clinton at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

A simple consumption tax of, say, 5% would significantly reduce the country's huge government deficit without damaging productivity.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

At its centre, however, is one simple issue: that of copyright.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

But it is not a simple matter of offering financial incentives or providing more child care.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Along with improving the equipment, Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenance themselves.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Doctor Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

A simple and consistent set of endings indicates grammatical functions of words.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

"Presumably it's because it's simple and easy to write a prescription and consider a patient case closed rather than investigate further," Polman says.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

And on reflection, this is not surprising; the single word" environment" has so many dimensions, and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil deposits—that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almost impos

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

It's a simple term that encapsulates the fact that relationships at work can reasonably be non-intimate, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Of course, you are still encouraged to keep the talking at library tones and, whatever you do, keep the information you share simple, like a grocery list.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

Retail reinvention is not a simple process, and it's also not happening on what used to be called "Internet time".

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

So far, machines have a pretty hard time emulating creativity, arbitrary enough not to be predicted by a computer, and yet more than simple randomness.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The Amish are often 33 perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past who live a simple, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient out-dated customs.

2016年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

This decrease in cost allows researchers, hobbyists and even elementary school groups to put simple instruments into LEO or even having them deployed from the ISS.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Yet underlying all of this is a simple dynamic: Apple, Google, Facebook and other companies hold most of the cards in this confrontation.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Anger seems simple when we are feeling it, but the causes of anger are various.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Another simple way of building some savings is by depositing as little as two percent of your monthly income into a savings account.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

Daydreams are often very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 选项

First, consider something as simple as sleep.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

For the machine, this quality is not in-born, nor is it something introduced by humans; it is a logical consequence of the simple fact that the machine cannot achieve its original purpose if it is dead.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Her simple act landed parks in prison.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

However, physicist Joseph west thought there might have been a simpler way, who led the new study.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

I chose a red rubber ball-simple, universally available.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their ability to "air condition" a house without using electric equipment.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

It was written in simple language.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

It's all about starting simple and doing it now.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

It's simpler because, if you have a computer, you can find information you need by searching the Internet.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 短文填空 原文

It's surprising how much simple movements of the body can affect the way we think.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Most of them are extremely delicate and can be damaged by a simple touch.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

My second piece of advice is simple.

2015年高考英语福建卷 短文填词 原文

Nervously facing challenges, I know I will whisper to myself the two simple words "be yourself".

2019年高考英语北京卷 语法填空 原文

Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Research has become both simpler and more complex.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 短文填空 原文

Simple improvements to infrastructure 基础设施can reduce the spread of disease.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Slow down and live a simple life.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

The fifty-two week money challenge is simple and if it is maintained, it will result in 1378 dollars in your savings account each year.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

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

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

There is a lot of information we can get from a simple graph like thissee Graph 1.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Yet, now that I'm growing and the world I once knew as being so simple is becoming more complex, I find myself needing a way to escape.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The researchers’ argument stems from a simple observation about social influence,with the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media,not interpersonal,influence-even the most influential members of a population simply don’t interact with that many others.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

The researchers mapped not only the city’s vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Boiling down an individual's output to simple metrics, such as number of publications or journal impacts, entails considerable savings in time, energy and ambiguity.

2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

Could it really be that simple?

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Here are five simple ways that you can make the first move and start a conversation with strangers.

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

It's that simple: Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.

2015年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

similarly, children tend to treat robots as if they are fellow beings, even when they display only simple social signals.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

So keep it simple: "Hi", "Hey" or "Hello"—do the best you can to gather all of the enthusiasm and energy you can, put on a big smile and say "Hi".

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The researchers'argument stems from a simple observation about social influence: with the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence-even the most influential mem

2010年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The robot was the same size as a regular rat but resembled a simple plastic box on wheels.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Unfortunately, the long-term costs of using simple quantitative metrics to assess researcher merit are likely to be quite great.

2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

  • 2. a person lacking intelligence or common sense

Adjective
  • 1. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved;

    "a simple problem"

    "simple mechanisms"

    "a simple design"

    "a simple substance"

  • 2. easy and not involved or complicated;

    "an elementary problem in statistics"

    "elementary, my dear Watson"

    "a simple game"

    "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

  • 3. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;

    "only the bare facts"

    "shocked by the mere idea"

    "the simple passage of time was enough"

    "the simple truth"

  • 4. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;

    "childlike trust"

    "dewy-eyed innocence"

    "simple courtesy"

  • 5. lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety

  • 6. (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

  • 7. not elaborate in style; unornamented;

    "a simple country schoolhouse"

    "her black dress--simple to austerity"

同义词辨析

foolish, silly, stupid, simple, dull

这些形容词都可表示"愚蠢的,笨的,傻的"之意。

  • foolish: 一般指人的无头脑、愚蠢,或缺乏常识与判断力,或指行动的愚蠢可笑。
  • silly: 口语用词,可和foolish互换,但语气稍强。侧重指人的言行不合常规或不理智,强调单纯、低能和糊涂。
  • stupid: 多指人或行为的愚蠢,尤指先天智能低下,或因某种原因失去正常的反应或感觉。有时也可与silly和foolish换用,但语气强,常含贬义。
  • simple: 强调头脑简单或缺少智慧。
  • dull: 指对问题理解迟钝,缺乏灵敏机智头脑,可能是先下智力低下,也可能因疲倦或健康不佳所致。

simple, easy

这两个形容词均含"简单的,轻易的"之意。

  • simple: 普通用词,指不复杂、不难懂,从而容易被理解的事物。
  • easy: 普通用词,指不需要花费太多精力的工作或事,在实际运用中常与simple换用。