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

adj

It would be simplistic to say that people who get good grades study more. This answer doesn't account for the complexities of how we learn and are tested. When something is simplistic, it is overly simple.

When your mother tells you to just ignore a bully, you might find her advice simplistic. How can you just ignore his insults? She might also tell you that he probably doesn't have a good home life, or is jealous of you. These too will sound simplistic. The fact is, sometimes there is no simple answer to a problem, and all attempts to solve it quickly will be simplistic.

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simple / simplistic

Simple has a rich etymology and has kept most of its meanings throughout the centuries. It began life in the early 1200s as meaning humble or ignorant:

They were simple, ignorant, harmless children of Nature; with no knowledge of soul, mind, God or heaven.

By the late 1200s, simple also meant low-ranking:

This language, in spite of the complex influences which went to the making of the nationality of France, was of a simple origin.

About 1300, it had add pure to its list of meanings, and in the early 1400s, it also meant made of just one thing, the opposite of composite. By 1550, simple could also be used to mean not complicated.

Sometime during all this, simple was also used as a noun to mean a plant or an herb used for medicine. To simple was to collect such a plant, and a simplist was someone who did the collecting. If a given plant had simplistic virtues, it had the virtues of a simple. If your cousin had simplistic talents, she was good at making use of simples.

The medicinal simple has long since disappeared from everyday English, but simplistic has survived. By 1881, it had come into its modern meaning of trying to explain something complicated as being simpler than it is; that is, oversimplifying:

Joe Ollinger offers simplistic answers to the complex issues we face.

What simplistic does not mean, however, is simple or easy:

The game offers simplistic controls for the entire family to enjoy.

Don't be fooled by salesmen pitching simplistic products. Unless he's selling medieval medicine, he's probably too simple to know what he is selling.

WORD FAMILY

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USAGE EXAMPLES

Yet simplistic assessments of domestic violence situations which see the only problem as the woman’s unwillingness to “just leave” continue to fail victims.

The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)

Those are just hints of the complex world that is about to impinge on the simplistic worldview offered by Trump during his presidential campaign.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016)

The argument against their enshrinement was always too simplistic and naive for my liking, not to mention arbitrary and illogical.

Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016)

adj characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity

a simplistic theory of the universe
simplistic arguments of the ruling party

Syn

simple

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

单词	simplistic
释义	simplistic (once / 13824 pages) adj It would be simplistic to say that people who get good grades study more. This answer doesn't account for the complexities of how we learn and are tested. When something is simplistic, it is overly simple. When your mother tells you to just ignore a bully, you might find her advice simplistic. How can you just ignore his insults? She might also tell you that he probably doesn't have a good home life, or is jealous of you. These too will sound simplistic. The fact is, sometimes there is no simple answer to a problem, and all attempts to solve it quickly will be simplistic. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS simple / simplistic Simple has a rich etymology and has kept most of its meanings throughout the centuries. It began life in the early 1200s as meaning humble or ignorant: They were simple, ignorant, harmless children of Nature; with no knowledge of soul, mind, God or heaven. By the late 1200s, simple also meant low-ranking: This language, in spite of the complex influences which went to the making of the nationality of France, was of a simple origin. About 1300, it had add pure to its list of meanings, and in the early 1400s, it also meant made of just one thing, the opposite of composite. By 1550, simple could also be used to mean not complicated. Sometime during all this, simple was also used as a noun to mean a plant or an herb used for medicine. To simple was to collect such a plant, and a simplist was someone who did the collecting. If a given plant had simplistic virtues, it had the virtues of a simple. If your cousin had simplistic talents, she was good at making use of simples. The medicinal simple has long since disappeared from everyday English, but simplistic has survived. By 1881, it had come into its modern meaning of trying to explain something complicated as being simpler than it is; that is, oversimplifying: Joe Ollinger offers simplistic answers to the complex issues we face. What simplistic does not mean, however, is simple or easy: The game offers simplistic controls for the entire family to enjoy. Don't be fooled by salesmen pitching simplistic products. Unless he's selling medieval medicine, he's probably too simple to know what he is selling. WORD FAMILY simplistic: simplistically+/oversimplification: oversimplifications/oversimplify: oversimplification, oversimplified, oversimplifies, oversimplifying/simple: simmpleness, simpleness, simpler, simples, simplest, simplicity, simplify, simplism, simplistic, simply/simplicity: simplicities/simplification: simplifications/simplify: oversimplify, simplification, simplified, simplifies, simplifying/simplism: simplisms USAGE EXAMPLES Yet simplistic assessments of domestic violence situations which see the only problem as the woman’s unwillingness to “just leave” continue to fail victims. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Those are just hints of the complex world that is about to impinge on the simplistic worldview offered by Trump during his presidential campaign. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) The argument against their enshrinement was always too simplistic and naive for my liking, not to mention arbitrary and illogical. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) adj characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity a simplistic theory of the universe simplistic arguments of the ruling party Syn simple having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
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