simplicity

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being simple; The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded countable,uncountable
    — the simplicity of metals or of earths
  2. The state or quality of being simple; The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts. countable,uncountable
    — the simplicity of a machine
  3. The state or quality of being simple; Lack of sharpness of mind; lack of ability to think using complex ideas; stupidity countable,uncountable
  4. The state or quality of being simple; Lack of artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness countable,uncountable
    — simplicity of dress, of style, or of language
  5. The state or quality of being simple; Lack of subtlety or abstruseness; clarity countable,uncountable
    — the simplicity of a doctrine
  6. The state or quality of being simple; Lack of complication; efficiency. countable,uncountable
    — Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
  7. An act or instance of foolishness. archaic,countable,rare,uncountable
    — speaking of the great simplicity we commit, in leaving yong children under the government and charge of their fathers and parents.

词形变化

simplicities plural

词汇关系

近义词
simpleness
反义词
complexity complication
衍生词
oversimplicity semisimplicity simplicity itself supersimplicity unsimplicity
相关词
simple

词源

From Middle English simplicite, from Old French simplicite, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex (“simple”). See simple. Partially displaced native English onefoldness.
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