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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sim·ply /ˈsɪmpli/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1 ONLYused to emphasize what you are saying 实在，根本，简直〔用于强调所说的话〕 This work is simply not good enough. 这工作做得实在不够好。 He simply won’t accept the committee’s decision. 他根本不接受委员会的决定。 That would be simply wonderful! 那简直太棒了！ It is quite simply the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard. 这简直是我听到过的最荒唐的想法。2 only 仅仅，只是 SYN just Some students lose marks simply because they don’t read the question properly. 有些学生丢分只是因为没有好好读题目。 It’s not simply a question of money. 这不仅仅是钱的问题。 What we need is not simply a smaller organization, but a more efficient one. 我们需要的不仅仅是一个精简的机构，而是一个更有效率的机构。3 used to emphasize how easy it is to do something 只是，只要〔用于强调某事多么容易〕 Simply fill in the coupon and take it to your local store. 只要把这张优惠券填好，拿到当地的门店去就行。4 CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDif you say or explain something simply, you say it in a way that is easy for people to understand 简单易懂地 Try to express yourself more simply. 尽量把你的意思表达得更简单明了。 To put it simply, the tax cuts mean the average person will be about 3% better off. 简单地说，这次减税意味着普通人的收入将增加 3% 左右。5 POORif you live simply, you live in a plain and ordinary way, without spending much money 〔生活〕朴素地，简朴地 We had to live very simply on my father’s small salary. 我们只能靠父亲微薄的工资过着非常简朴的生活。Examples from the Corpus
simply• It's not simply a matter of hiring more people - they also need to be trained.• She writes very simply and clearly.• Rome, in short, lived on its past simply by being a capital city.• We simply don't have the resources to compete with large corporations.• Suppose that we are simply given an algorithm which generates the digits of the real and imaginary part of some complex number.• They live very simply in the country.• But the rotational periods are correspondingly long and for all states are quite simply related to the rotational constants of the molecules.• Most of them simply release their eggs and sperm and rely on the surrounding water to bring them together.• The strain on the rope was simply too much, and it broke in two.• Already, many programs are simply unavailable in the older, 16-bit versions.• Mexicali Mayor Victor Hermosillo staunchly defended his police officers, saying they simply were maintaining public order.quite simply• It could all be resolved quite simply.• It was, quite simply, a different sense of time.• These points may be illustrated quite simply for the case of constant returns to scale.• Twice before, he tells us quite simply, he had tried to become continent.• But the rotational periods are correspondingly long and for all states are quite simply related to the rotational constants of the molecules.• The country faces a pivotal presidential election in June in which the choice is quite simply to go forward or regress.sim·ply adverbChineseSyllable
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simply
sim‧ply S1 W1 /ˈsɪmpli/
adverb
This work is simply not good enough.
He simply won’t accept the committee’s decision.
That would be simply wonderful!
It is quite simply the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard.
2. only
SYN just:
Some students lose marks simply because they don’t read the question properly.
It’s not simply a question of money.
What we need is not simply a smaller organization, but a more efficient one.
3. used to emphasize how easy it is to do something:
Simply fill in the coupon and take it to your local store.
4. if you say or explain something simply, you say it in a way that is easy for people to understand:
Try to express yourself more simply.
To put it simply , the tax cuts mean the average person will be about 3% better off.
5. if you live simply, you live in a plain and ordinary way, without spending much money:
We had to live very simply on my father’s small salary.
sim‧ply S1 W1 /ˈsɪmpli/
adverb Word Family: noun: simplicity, simplification, simpleton; adverb: simply, simplistically; adjective: simple, simplistic; verb: simplify
1. used to emphasize what you are saying: 2. only
SYN just:
3. used to emphasize how easy it is to do something:
4. if you say or explain something simply, you say it in a way that is easy for people to understand:
5. if you live simply, you live in a plain and ordinary way, without spending much money: