plain + noun
She prefers wearing plain clothes.
她更喜欢穿朴素的衣服。
朴素的；简单的；无装饰的
明显的；清楚的；明白的；相貌平平的；不好看的；不漂亮的；坦率的；直率的；坦诚的；非王牌的；非将牌的；简单的；未改动的。
Simple; without decoration or extra features.
简单的；未改动的。
Simple, unaltered.
明显的。
Obvious.
坦率的；直率的。
Open.
相貌平常的；不好看的。
Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
非王牌。
Not a trump.
She prefers to wear plain clothes without any patterns.
她更喜欢穿没有任何图案的朴素衣服。
用法提示：此处 plain 作形容词，表示“朴素的”，修饰 clothes。
The recipe is very plain, using only salt and pepper.
这个食谱非常简单，只用盐和胡椒。
用法提示：此处 plain 作形容词，表示“简单的”，修饰 recipe。
He gave a plain answer to the complicated question.
他对那个复杂的问题给出了一个简单的回答。
用法提示：此处 plain 作形容词，表示“简单的”，修饰 answer。
She prefers wearing plain clothes.
她更喜欢穿朴素的衣服。
此结构用于强调显而易见的事实。
It is plain to everyone that he is lying.
所有人都清楚他在说谎。
表示直言不讳。
He was plain about his disappointment.
他坦率地表达了他的失望。
固定短语，意为‘非常明显’。
The problem is plain as day.
这个问题一目了然。
grammar · medium
易错句子The plane truth is that he is wrong.
正确表达The plain truth is that he is wrong.
plain和plane同音，但plane是名词，意为'飞机'或'平面'；此处需要形容词plain，表示'明显的'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He speaks plain.
正确表达He speaks plainly.
plain是形容词，不能修饰动词；修饰动词需要用副词plainly，表示'直率地'或'清楚地'。
plain（朴素的）与plane（飞机）发音完全相同，拼写仅差一个字母，但词性和意义截然不同。
用浅显易懂的英语
Could you explain the rules in plain English?
你能用浅显易懂的英语解释这些规则吗？
在显眼处；明摆着
The missing file was in plain sight on my desk.
丢失的文件就明摆在我桌上。
说白了；简而言之
The decision was plain and simple: we had to leave.
决定说白了就是：我们得离开。
便衣；便装
Two police officers in plain clothes watched the entrance.
两名便衣警察注视着入口。
明摆着的事实；大实话
The plain truth is that the plan will not work.
明摆着的事实是，这个计划行不通。
白开水；不加料的水
She ordered coffee, but I asked for plain water.
她点了咖啡，但我只要了一杯白开水。
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用简单的英语；直白地说
Could you explain that in plain English?
你能用简单的英语解释一下吗？
显而易见；一清二楚
The answer was plain as day, but I still missed it.
答案显而易见，但我还是没看出来。
一帆风顺；进展顺利
After the first few months, the project was plain sailing.
最初的几个月过后，项目进展一帆风顺。
相貌平平的女孩，嗯，相貌平平的女孩，嗯。
The 2017 hit song "Plain Jane" by A$AP Ferg uses "plain" to mean ordinary or simple, and "plain Jane" often describes a girl who does not dress in a flashy way.
A$AP Ferg 2017 年的热门歌曲《Plain Jane》把“plain”用作“普通、简单”的意思，“Plain Jane”常用来形容不打扮得花枝招展的女孩。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
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