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单词 simplicity
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simplicity
noun[U]
uk
/sɪmˈplɪs.ə.ti/us
/sɪmˈplɪs.ə.t̬i/

simplicitynoun[U](EASY)

C1
thefactthat something iseasytounderstandor do:
简单，简易
Theadvantageof theplanisitssimplicity.这项计划的优点是简单易行。
Thetestwas simplicityitself(= veryeasy).考试非常简单。
More examples
  • Ipreferthe secondoption-itsadvantagesare simplicity andcheapness.
  • All theideashave astunningsimplicity.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Easiness and simplicity
  • (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a logidiom
  • a piece of cakeidiom
  • accessibility
  • at the push of a buttonidiom
  • at the stroke of a penidiom
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • doss
  • friendly
  • gift
  • gimme
  • give/handsomethingtosomeoneon a (silver) platteridiom
  • handily
  • painless
  • painting by numbersidiom
  • platter
  • presto
  • rarefied
  • the path of least resistanceidiom
  • walkaway
  • walkover
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simplicitynoun[U](NATURAL)

thefactthat something isordinary,traditional, ornatural, and notcomplicated:
天真；纯朴
Theoldpeopleledalifeofgreatsimplicity(= with few possessions and littlemoney).这位老人过着十分简朴的生活。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Easiness and simplicity
  • (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a logidiom
  • a piece of cakeidiom
  • accessibility
  • at the push of a buttonidiom
  • at the stroke of a penidiom
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • doss
  • friendly
  • gift
  • gimme
  • give/handsomethingtosomeoneon a (silver) platteridiom
  • handily
  • painless
  • painting by numbersidiom
  • platter
  • presto
  • rarefied
  • the path of least resistanceidiom
  • walkaway
  • walkover
See more results »

simplicitynoun[U](PLAIN)

thefactthat something isplainand has nodecoration
朴素，简朴
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Easiness and simplicity
  • (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a logidiom
  • a piece of cakeidiom
  • accessibility
  • at the push of a buttonidiom
  • at the stroke of a penidiom
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • doss
  • friendly
  • gift
  • gimme
  • give/handsomethingtosomeoneon a (silver) platteridiom
  • handily
  • painless
  • painting by numbersidiom
  • platter
  • presto
  • rarefied
  • the path of least resistanceidiom
  • walkaway
  • walkover
See more results »
(Definition ofsimplicityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

simplicity| American Dictionary

simplicity
noun[U]
us
/sɪmˈplɪs·ɪ·t̬i/
thequalityof beingeasytounderstandor do:
Aflattaxhas thevirtueof simplicity, but Iquestionhowfairit would be.
thequalityof beingplain, withoutunnecessaryorextrathings ordecorations:
Whatfascinatedus was the simplicity andusefulnessof thedesign.
(Definition ofsimplicityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsimplicity

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They failed to assess the importance of avoidance and took too rosy a view of the simplicities of ending evasion.
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The human element is, of course, extremely complex and, for simplicity's sake, can be divided into two main categories.
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We are surely concerned with damage brought about by what, for simplicity's sake, one calls denial.
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When one is broadcasting, it is right to get across the simplicities.
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The old simplicities and certainties of the cold war have gone.
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I have done that for simplicity's sake and in a spirit of compromise.
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Why, then, does he persist in pursuing the dogmatic simplicities of the 1980s?
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I know that in time the truth will gain wider currency in the country than these glowing simplicities.
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The simplicities of a world of nation states and activities confined within the territorial limits of those states have gone.
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We are uneasily aware that our lives have moved far away from the primitive, and even from the relative simplicities of a pre-industrial world.
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Had the rich dad—for simplicity's sake—stayed with the family, the child would have benefited.
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Except to serious social engineers, neither of those two crucial simplicities applies in the diverse world of a free society in time of peace.
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I use those figures for simplicity's sake.
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I was doing that for simplicity's sake.
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How far all this is from the old simplicities when a secret service was really secret, and was indeed so secret that it was legitimate to doubt its very existence!
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Collocationswithsimplicity

simplicity

These are words often used in combination withsimplicity.

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advantage of simplicity
These measures have the advantage of simplicity, for they allow productivity to be expressed as input-output ratios.
From theCambridge English Corpus
apparent simplicity
Theapparentsimplicityof the act of repeating a nonword is, however, deceptive.
From theCambridge English Corpus
elegant simplicity
The monograph is written withelegantsimplicityand at an engaging pace.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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