1.清楚的；明显的；浅白的easy to see or understand
He made it plain that we should leave.他明确表示要我们离开。
She made her annoyance plain.她满脸不耐烦。
The facts were plain to see .事实显而易见。
It was a rip-off, plain and simple .这是一个不折不扣的冒牌货。
2.坦诚的；直率的；直接的not trying to trick anyone; honest and direct
The plain fact is that nobody really knows.事实很明显，没有人真正了解。
a politician with a reputation for plain speaking说话直率出了名的一个政治人物
3.不尚修饰的；朴素的；简单的not decorated or complicated; simple
a plain but elegant dress朴素淡雅的连衣裙
plain food清淡的食物
The interior of the church was plain and simple.教堂内部朴素无华。
plain yogurt(= without sugar or fruit)原味酸奶
4.素的；无花纹的；单色的without marks or a pattern on it
covers in plain or printed cotton单色或印花的罩布
Write on plain paper(= without lines) .用无格白纸书写。
5.[obn]极普通的；平庸的；平凡的used to emphasize that sth is very ordinary, not special in any way
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。
6.相貌平平的；无姿色的not beautiful or attractive
7.（编织）平针的，平纹的describing a simple stitch used in knitting
1.平原a large area of flat land
the flat coastal plain of Thassos萨索斯岛平坦的滨海平原
the Great Plains北美洲大平原
1.(informal)（用于强调）简直，绝对地used to emphasize how bad, stupid, etc. sth is
plain stupid/wrong简直愚蠢至极；绝对错误
Carmen Elcira narrowed her eyes and studied his face. He was wearing the plainest of clothes, with sunglasses propped on his head.
卡门埃里西亚俩眼眯成一条逢，打量着他的脸，他穿着特朴素的衣服，头顶架一副太阳镜。
The musicians were particularly enraged that careless mistakes cropped up in the simplest, plainest piece.
音乐家对出现在最简单、最平淡乐章里的粗心错误特别恼火。
The flush toilet then, as the plainest manifestation of a feedback loop, is a mythical beast -- the beast of self.
从这个意义上说，作为反馈回路的最为平实的体现，抽水马桶也同样是一只神秘的野兽——自我之兽。
Her minimal look extends to her jewellery , too - she rarely wears anything more than a simple strand of pearls or the plainest bangle.
她的简约风格也延伸到她的饰品上，她很少穿戴任何饰品，除了一串简单的珍珠或最简单的手镯。
At the same time that he never ceases to deal with them without sentimentality and in the plainest language.
同时，他抛弃感性、用最洗练的语言处理这些主题的努力从未停歇。
"the faculty . . . of reducing his thought on any subject to the simplest and plainest terms possible" (Baron Charnwood).
“用最简单、最清楚的词语表达他对任何问题看法的才能”（拜伦·查伍德）。
Behind the glory, limelight and eloquence admired by all, is the plainest truth: Practice makes perfect.
在所有人都羡慕的荣誉、聚光灯和口才的背后都有一个很简单的真理：熟能生巧。
As a result, strength, toughness, weldability and plainest of plate can meet the needs of the plates for tubes for the natural gas.
在轧钢工艺中采用控轧控冷、重矫、超检等，从而获得强度、韧性、焊接性能及钢板平直度都符合天然气管线用钢板的要求。
But the church pronounced female music the devil's work, allowing only the plainest chant.
但教会宣告女性音乐是恶魔的东西，仅仅允许唱最简单的赞美诗。
Theflush toilet then, as the plainest manifestation ofafeedback loop, isa mythical beast-- the beast of self.
如此说来，抽水马桶，作为反馈回路的最为平实的体现，就是一头神秘的野兽——自我之兽。
We are told by moralists with the plainest faces that immorality will spoil our looks.
相貌最丑的道德家告诫我们，道德败坏有损于我们的容貌。
and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them.
而且尽可能用最白的文字否则他们一定会误解。
She eats the plainest of foods.
她吃最清淡的食物
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