simple
US: /ˈsɪmpəɫ/
UK: /sˈɪmpəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
simple /'simpl/- tính từ
- đơn, đơn giản
- simpleleaf: lá đơn
- simple surface: mặt đơn giản
- giản dị, mộc mạc, xuềnh xoàng, bình dị, hồn nhiên
- the simple life: đời sống giản dị; sự muốn trở lại cuộc sống cổ sơ
- in simple beauty: trong vẻ đẹp mộc mạc
- a simple man: một người giản dị
- a simple meal: một bữa cơm xuềnh xoàng
- dễ hiểu, dễ làm
- the problem is very simple: vấn đề đó rất dễ hiểu
- tuyệt đối là, chỉ là, không khác gì
- to say so is simple madness: nói như thế thì không khác gì là điên
- đơn sơ, nghèo hèn; nhỏ mọn, không đáng kể
- ngu dại; dốt nát; thiếu kinh nghiệm
- đơn, đơn giản
- danh từ
- người ngu dại; người dốt nát
- cây thuốc
- thuốc lá (chữa bệnh)
- to be cut for the simples
- phải mổ để chữa bệnh điên
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective (simpler, simplest)Help Note: You can also use more simple and most simple.
easy
1 not complicated; easy to understand or do: a simple method / solution / task + The answer is really quite simple. + This machine is very simple to use. + (especially spoken) We lost because we played badly. It's as simple as that. + Give the necessary information but keep it simple.
basic / plain
2 basic or plain without anything extra or unnecessary: simple but elegant clothes + We had a simple meal of soup and bread. + The accommodation is simple but spacious. + simple pleasures, like reading and walking
Antonym: FANCY
for emphasis
3 used before a noun to emphasize that it is exactly that and nothing else: Nobody wanted to believe the simple truth. + It was a matter of simple survival. + It's nothing to worry about-just a simple headache. + I had to do it for the simple reason that (= because) I couldn't trust anyone else.
with few parts
4 [usually before noun] consisting of only a few parts; not complicated in structure: simple forms of life, for example amoebas + a simple design / machine / plan + (grammar) a simple sentence (= one with only one verb)
ordinary
5 [only before noun] (of a person) ordinary; not special: I'm a simple country girl.
not intelligent
6 [not usually before noun] (of a person) not very intelligent; not mentally normal: He's not mad-just a bit simple.
grammar
7 used to describe the present or past tense of a verb that is formed without using an AUXILIARY verb, as in She loves him or He arrived late.: the simple present / past tense
See also -
Idioms see PURE
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 uncomplicated, plain, uninvolved, unsophisticated, understandable, intelligible, (easily) understood, comprehensible, clear, lucid, straightforward, easy, elementary, basic:
At the age of four, Jan was able to do simple mathematical calculations.
2 plain, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, basic, fundamental, elementary, elemental, mere, unostentatious, unassuming, unpretentious, modest, classic, uncluttered, stark, clean, severe, austere, Spartan, homely; unvarnished, naked, honest:
Thea was stunning in a simple black dress with a colourful scarf and gold jewellery. The simple truth is that he came home from work to find the house broken into and his wife gone
3 sincere, frank, candid, open, unaffected, uncomplicated, unpretentious, straightforward, above-board, simple-hearted, uncontrived, direct, upright, square, forthright, four-square, righteous, honest, naïve, guileless, artless, undesigning, childlike, ingenuous, unsophisticated, innocent, green:
The colonel was a simple man who was respected because he always said just what he meant. A simple heart may be its own best guide
4 unsophisticated, naïve, slow, slow-witted, stupid, thick, thickheaded, simple-minded, feeble-minded, oafish, bovine, dense, obtuse, dull, dull-witted, witless, halfwitted, brainless, backward, imbecilic or Chiefly Brit imbecile, cretinous, Colloq dumb, moronic:
That chap Dawson is far too simple to understand what you are asking him
5 lowly, humble, inferior, mean, base, subservient, common, subordinate:
The lord of the manor regarded his tenants as simple folk, a breed apart from himself and his family.
Collocation
VERBS
appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound | keep sth, make sth
The golden rule when creating your design is: keep it simple. Is all this technology making our lives simpler?
| find sth
I found the work fairly simple.
ADV.
extremely, quite, very
Don't worry?it's all quite simple.
| fairly, pretty, rather, relatively | deceptively
a deceptively simple technique
Concise dictionary
simples|simpler|simplest'sɪmplnoun
+any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
+a person lacking intelligence or common sense
adj.
+having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
+easy and not involved or complicated
+apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
+exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
+lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety
+(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
+unornamented
