plain

adj. 無裝飾的，樸素的；單色的，無花紋的；單純的，不摻雜的；顯而易見的；（書面或口頭用法）表達清楚的；直截了當的，坦率的；相貌平平的；普通的；直呼其名的；完全的；（編織）平針的

adv. 完全地，簡直；明白地，不含糊地

n. （大）平原；（編織的）平針；樸實無華的東西 ^[1] 

extensive tract of level open land

a basic knitting stitch

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

not elaborate or elaborated

lacking patterns especially in color

not mixed with extraneous elements

free from any effort to soften to disguise

lacking embellishment or ornamentation

lacking in physical beauty or proportion

unmistakably ^[1] 

1The walls were plain and unadorned.牆壁樸素無華。《牛津詞典》

2It was the plain unvarnished truth.這是簡單確鑿的事實。《牛津詞典》

3A plain necklace was her only adornment.她身上的飾物就只有一串簡單的項鍊。《牛津詞典》

4She swapped her plain suit for a girlie dress.她把一身樸素的套裝換成了一條有女人味的裙子。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

5He was attired in a plain, mud-flecked uniform.他身穿一件樸素而沾有泥點的制服。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

6It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown.我那時神經衰弱，他是清楚的。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

7You can substitute plain flour if you cannot find self-raising flour.如果你找不到自發麪粉，可以用普通麪粉來代替。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

8You don't need any special skills for this job, just plain common sense.這項工作不需要任何特殊技能，只要有普通常識就夠了。《牛津詞典》

9The wide plain, with thousands of animals on the move, was an awesome spectacle.成千上萬的動物在遼闊的平原上活動構成了令人讚歎的奇觀。《牛津詞典》

10The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical, and of sound construction.震顫派教徒認為傢俱應當樸素、簡單、有用、實際，且構造很好。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

11Is plain tap water all that bad?普通的自來水真的那麼糟糕嗎？

12But is plain tap water all that bad?但是普通的自來水真的那麼糟糕嗎？

13Just a pig—a plain pig!只是一頭豬——一頭普通的豬！

14It is plain, but you know it's nice-looking.它很普通，但如你所見，它很好看。

15Plain and simple clothes are appropriate for school wear.樸素的服裝適合在學校裏穿。《新英漢大辭典》

16She made her annoyance plain.她滿臉不耐煩。《牛津詞典》

17I don't like plain chocolate.我不喜歡吃黑巧克力。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

18The facts were plain to see.事實顯而易見。《牛津詞典》

19It was a plain, grey stone house.這是一座簡樸的灰色石頭房子。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

20It was a rip-off, plain and simple.這是一個不折不扣的冒牌貨。《牛津詞典》

21The city is pretty much plain vanilla.這座城市相當一般化。《牛津詞典》

22He made it plain that we should leave.他明確表示要我們離開。《牛津詞典》

23He placed the paper in a plain envelope.他把論文放在一個空白信封裏。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

24The plain fact is that nobody really knows.事實很明顯，沒有人真正瞭解。《牛津詞典》

25The implication was plain, if left unstated.即使不説出來，隱含義也很明顯。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

26The interior of the church was plain and simple.教堂內部樸素無華。《牛津詞典》

27In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger.一般來講，純色的地毯使房間顯得更大。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

28Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car.三名便衣軍官叫我從車上下來。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

29Can you help me translate this legal jargon into plain English?你能幫助我用淺顯易懂的英語來説明這一法律術語嗎？《牛津詞典》

30Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems.懷孕並非一帆風順，又一次出現了若干問題。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》 ^[1]