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的 Simplicity 单 自 纯 French Sense C

正面 7116.simplicity
英 [sɪm'plɪsɪtɪ]美 [sɪm'plɪsəti]

背面
释义:
n. 朴素;简易;天真;愚蠢
例句:
1. A timeless comic actor—his simplicity and his apparent ease are matchless.作为喜剧界的常青树——他的简单淳朴与自然大方无人能及。

1. hold => halt.
simplicity 简单,质朴,淳朴来 自 拉 丁 语 simplicitatem, 简 单 的 , 纯 朴 的 , 来 自 simplex, 单 纯 的 , 单 倍 的 , 词 源 同 simple,simplex.
simplicity (n.)late 14c., "singleness of nature, unity, indivisibility; immutability," from Old French simplicite (12c., Modern French simplicité), from Latin simplicitatem (nominative simplicitas) "state of being simple, frankness, openness, artlessness, candor, directness," from simplex (genitive simplicis) "simple" (see simplex). Sense of "ignorance" is from c. 1400; that of "simplicity of expression, plainness of style" is early 15c. Middle English also had simplesse, from French, attested in English from mid-14c. in sense "humility, lack of pride," late 14c. as "wholeness, unity;" c. 1400 as "ignorance.""

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