straightforward
adjective
uk/ˌstreɪtˈfɔː.wəd/us/ˌstreɪtˈfɔːr.wɚd/straightforwardadjective(SIMPLE)
B2
easytounderstandorsimple:
容易理解的,简单的Justfollowthesignsto Bradford - it's very straightforward.顺着路标走就到布拉德福德了——非常简单。
easy
- easyI can tell you how to do that - it's easy!
- simpleThe recipe is so simple - you just mix all the ingredients together.
- straightforwardIt seems like a fairly straightforward assignment.
- a piece of cakeMy last exam was a piece of cake.
- It's a verycomplexissueto which there is no straightforwardanswer.
- My firstpregnancywas very straightforward - there were nocomplications.
- Thefilmpresentsa straightforwardchoicebetween good andevil, with noshadesofgrey.
- Theinstructionsarefairlystraightforward.
- It wouldseemto be ageneraltruththat nothing is as straightforward as it at firstseems.
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
straightforwardadjective(HONEST)
(of aperson)honestand notlikelytohidetheiropinions:
(人)坦诚的,直率的Roz is straightforward andletsyouknowwhat she'sthinking.罗兹很坦诚,会告诉你她的想法。
Honesty, openness & sincerity
- above board
- anti-corruption
- artless
- artlessly
- artlessness
- bone
- honestly
- honourable
- honourably
- in
- in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulnessidiom
- in good faithidiom
- joke
- nail
- skinny
- spotless
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- straight arrowidiom
- the straight and narrowidiom