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simple-minded

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌsimple-ˈminded adjective  STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTnot very intelligent, and unable to understand complicated things 头脑简单的,愚钝的 SYN simple
Examples from the Corpus
simple-mindedThe story is simple, not to say simple-minded.It sounds simple-minded, and perhaps it was, but it was all we could do.Zen had always derived much amusement from Ellen's simple-minded approach to current affairs.Nevertheless, by posing questions rather than serving up morals, he's caught some flak from simple-minded gay critics.An objector will immediately point to the lack of stability of this simple, some will say simple-minded, hierarchy.Thus Ben Jonson on the simple-minded reading public of 1625.However simple-minded the above example may appear, it underlines the need for caution in examining the results of statistical computations.It is hard not to sympathise with those simple-minded viewers and tabloid newspaper editors who mistake the characters for the actors.
ˌsimple-ˈminded adjectiveChineseSyllable
to unable not very intelligent, Corpus and understand


simple-minded
ˌsimple-ˈminded adjective
not very intelligent, and unable to understand complicated things
   SYN  simple


simple-mindedBrE /ˌsɪmpl ˈmaɪndɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɪmpl ˈmaɪndɪd/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) not intelligent; not able to understand how complicated things are 智力低下的;愚蠢的;头脑简单的a simple-minded person头脑简单的人a simple-minded approach笨方法