simply

英 ['sɪmpli] 美 ['sɪmpli]

• adv. 简单地；仅仅；简直

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 简单地,简易地,朴素地

   in a simple way; easily; plainly, clearly, or naturally

2. 仅仅,只不过

   just; only

3. 简直,非常

   really, very much

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 简单地，简明地，简易地，明白易懂地
2. 仅仅，只不过
3. 朴素地，简朴地
4. 简直，完全地
5. 坦白地，纯粹地，直率地，单纯地
6. 非常，确实
7. 露骨地

英英释义

Adverb:

1. and nothing more;

   "I was merely asking"
   "it is simply a matter of time"
   "just a scratch"
   "he was only a child"
   "hopes that last but a moment"
   

2. absolutely;

   "I just can't take it anymore"
   "he was just grand as Romeo"
   "it's simply beautiful!"
   

3. absolutely; altogether; really;

   "we are simply broke"
   

4. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;

   "she was dressed plainly"
   "they lived very simply"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Most of these problems won't simply dissolve.
   大多数这些问题不会简单地解决。
2. Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.
   简单地说吧，我们要么接受他们的条件，要么破产。
3. You may open the tin simply by pulling the puller.
   你只要拉这个拉出器，就可以很容易地把罐头打开。
4. Is success simply a matter of working hard?
   是否只要勤奋就能成功？
5. I bought the house simply because it was large.
   我购买了这房子，只是因为它面积大。
6. The holidays simply sped by.
   假期简直是一晃而过。
7. That meal was simply divine!
   那顿饭简直好极了。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. To put it simply, the new proposals mean that the average worker will be about 10% better off.
   简单地说,新的建议意味着一个普通工人的工资增加10%。
2. On her small income they live very simply.
   他们靠她微薄的收入过着非常简朴的生活。
3. They dressed neatly and simply.
   他们衣着整洁朴素。
4. I simply don't believe that spoken skills can be drilled into learners in a language laboratory.
   我简直不相信在语言实验室里能够把说话的技能传授给学生。
5. The children are simply bursting with good health.
   那些孩子长得真健康。
6. I have never met our new neighbors; I simply know them by sight.
   我从未接触过我们的新邻居,只见过面。
7. Don't worry, it's simply a cold.
   别担心,不过是感冒而已。
8. He is simply a child.
   他仅仅是个孩子。
9. What we need is simply money, money and money.
   我们所需的仅仅是钱而已。
10. I do it simply for money.
    我做这件事只不过是为了那笔钱。
11. The drink consists simply of fresh oranges.
    这饮料仅含新鲜橘汁。
12. Many children are cheated of their chance for a good education, simply by living in the wrong place.
    许多孩子仅仅因为住的地方不对就被剥夺了享受良好教育的机会。
13. We lost out in the election simply because the opposition had more money to run their campaign.
    我们在这次大选中被击败了,这完全是因为反对党有更多的钱进行竞选活动。
14. I don't like driving; I do it simply because I have to get to work each day.
    我不喜欢开车,而我之所以开车只是因为我每天必须到工作地点上班。
15. I'm afraid you're simply painting the lily; the picture is good enough as it is.
    我看你这样做简直是多余的,这幅画本来已经够好了。
16. Expecting him to pay for the damage which they had caused was simply adding insult to injury.
    指望他承担他们给他造成的损失,这简直是辱上加辱。
17. His words simply added fuel to the flame.
    他的话简直是火上浇油。
18. Her account of what happened is simply not borne out by the facts.
    她对发生的事件所作的报道毫无事实根据。
19. His pronunciation is simply terrible.
    他的发音实在糟透了。
20. It is simply ridiculous to attempt such a thing.
    试图干这种事,简直可笑。
21. Not simply is television boring, but it wastes a lot of time.
    电视不仅仅是乏味,而且还浪费了许多时间。

经典引文

• Beautifully and simply, as a child ought to dance.

  出自： J. Ruskin

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

～+名词

• simply child 只是个孩子
• simply cold 只不过感冒
• simply money 仅仅为了钱

动词+～

• believe simply 只不过相信
• dress simply 衣着朴素
• increase simply 仅仅增加
• know simply 仅仅知道
• talk simply 仅仅说

～+副词

• simply marvelous 简直妙极了
• simply ridiculous 简直荒谬
• simply terrible 实在糟透

～+介词

• simply for money 仅仅为了钱
• consist simply of fresh oranges 仅含新鲜橘汁

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. simply的基本意思有两个:一是“简单地,简易地,朴素地”; 二是“仅仅,只不过”。作“简单”解时可修饰动态动词,一般位于句末。作“仅仅”解时可修饰动态动词、静态动词、系表结构、形容词、名词、介词短语或从句。
2. simply作“仅仅,只不过”“简直,非常”解时无比较级和最高级形式。
3. not simply位于句首时可引起主谓倒装。

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

下面两句意思不同:

• He explained simply.
• 他简单地解释了一下。
• He simply explained.
• 他只不过解释了一下。

近反义词

【近义词】

• plainly
• absolutely
• directly
• only
• quite
• really