英语词汇“plain truth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

12. Of something spoken or expressed: free from ambiguity, evasion, or subterfuge; straightforward, direct, blunt. Frequently in plain truth. See also plain language n. at Compounds 3.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct

naked?c1225

platc1385

plaina1393

light?a1400

rounda1450

direct1530

frank1548

evena1573

handsmooth1612

point-blank1648

crude1650

plain-spoken1658

plain-spoke1706

unambiguous1751

plump1789

straightforward1806

plain-said1867

pine-blank1883

straight1894

point-to-point1905

non-ambiguous1924

Wife of Bath1926

simpliste1973

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 864 (MED) Of goddes wille and as it was Sche tolde him al the pleine cas.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) Prol. 194 (MED) Clerkis wil write..The pleyn trouthe whan a man is goon.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 214 (MED) It is ful profitable to..knowleche þerof þe pleyn trouþe.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 193 Ye saye the playne trouth of it.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/1 Flattery shall haue more place then plaine and faithfull aduyse.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxx Thou shouldest make a playne and directe answere.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 161 Such..as haue preferred plaine trueth, before painted colours.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 237 The question is..in plain terms, whether the report be true, or a lye.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iv. i. 58 Tell me in plain Terms what the matter is with him, or I'll crack your Fools Skull.

1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 73/2 If you do not give a plain answer to a plain question, you will be committed.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 286 The Scottish Estates used plain language, simply because it was impossible for them, situated as they were, to use evasive language.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 462 Plain speech is never without its value.

1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius xv. 242 I think it be better that you should thus hear the plain truth from me, lest you should be at the mercy of haphazard reports.

1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart ii. 69 In plain terms we require from you an unconditional surrender.

2000 Economist (Nexis) 26 Feb. China's unvarnished ultimatum needs an equally plain response.

单词	plain truth
释义	> as lemmas plain truth 12. Of something spoken or expressed: free from ambiguity, evasion, or subterfuge; straightforward, direct, blunt. Frequently in plain truth. See also plain language n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct naked?c1225 platc1385 plaina1393 light?a1400 rounda1450 direct1530 frank1548 evena1573 handsmooth1612 point-blank1648 crude1650 plain-spoken1658 plain-spoke1706 unambiguous1751 plump1789 straightforward1806 plain-said1867 pine-blank1883 straight1894 point-to-point1905 non-ambiguous1924 Wife of Bath1926 simpliste1973 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 864 (MED) Of goddes wille and as it was Sche tolde him al the pleine cas. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) Prol. 194 (MED) Clerkis wil write..The pleyn trouthe whan a man is goon. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 214 (MED) It is ful profitable to..knowleche þerof þe pleyn trouþe. c1500 Melusine (1895) 193 Ye saye the playne trouth of it. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/1 Flattery shall haue more place then plaine and faithfull aduyse. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxx Thou shouldest make a playne and directe answere. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 161 Such..as haue preferred plaine trueth, before painted colours. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 237 The question is..in plain terms, whether the report be true, or a lye. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iv. i. 58 Tell me in plain Terms what the matter is with him, or I'll crack your Fools Skull. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 73/2 If you do not give a plain answer to a plain question, you will be committed. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 286 The Scottish Estates used plain language, simply because it was impossible for them, situated as they were, to use evasive language. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 462 Plain speech is never without its value. 1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius xv. 242 I think it be better that you should thus hear the plain truth from me, lest you should be at the mercy of haphazard reports. 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart ii. 69 In plain terms we require from you an unconditional surrender. 2000 Economist (Nexis) 26 Feb. China's unvarnished ultimatum needs an equally plain response. extracted from plainadj.² < as lemmas
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