| 单词 | plainspoken |
| 释义 | plainspoken (once / 58512 pages) adj Someone who's plainspoken is very direct and straightforward in the way they communicate. If you ask your plainspoken friend how your new haircut looks, she'll tell you the truth. Plainspoken people don't use fancy words, go on at length to hear themselves talk, or beat around the bush. They tend to say what needs to be said in a simple, matter-of-fact way. This adjective has been around since the 1670s, sometimes hyphenated (plain-spoken), from plain, "simple or ordinary," and spoken. WORD FAMILYplainspoken USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Sanders has not abandoned his role as plainspoken outsider, however. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) Her plainspoken sense of responsibility won her admiring fans around the country. Slate(Nov 07, 2016) The poem Dylan Thomas might have written instead of “Fern Hill,” if he’d been born a plainspoken urban Midwesterner. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) 1adj using simple and direct language a plainspoken country doctor Syn unrhetorical not rhetorical 2adj characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion plainspoken and to the point Syn blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder direct straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |
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