| 单词 | perspicuous |
| 释义 | perspicuous (once / 6277 pages) adj Perspicuous is an adjective describing language that is clear and easy to understand. When you give a presentation, you should speak in a perspicuous manner so that everyone will be able to follow you. Someone who is perspicuous speaks in a way that makes the meaning absolutely clear. The word perspicuous dates from the 15th century and comes from the Latin word perspicuus, meaning “transparent, clear,” which comes from the verb perspicere, meaning “to look at closely." Language that is perspicuous is language that is easily understood — to the point where you can almost see it. WORD FAMILYperspicuous: perspicuity, perspicuously, perspicuousness USAGE EXAMPLESThough she drew on the familiar and frighteningly massive catalog of offensives, her most perspicuous broadsides may have been against Trump’s lack of substance. Slate(Jul 26, 2016) It would have been impossible to announce the success of my suit in a more delicate or more perspicuous manner. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) One must be extremely exact, clear, and perspicuous, in everything one says, otherwise, instead of entertaining, or informing others, one only tires and puzzles them. Hartley, Cecil B., The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette a...(2012) adj (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable a perspicuous argument Syn crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid clear readily apparent to the mind |
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