straightforward

adjective
🔊/ˌstreɪtˈfɔːwəd/
🔊/ˌstreɪtˈfɔːrwərd/
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  1. easy to do or to understand; not complicated简单的;易懂的;不复杂的 synonym easy
    • It's a relatively straightforward process.那是个相对简单的过程。
    • It's quite straightforward to get here.来这儿相当容易。🔊🔊
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    • I think you'll find it all quite straightforward.我想你会觉得这些都很简单。
    • Look, it's perfectly straightforward—just multiply everything by five.瞧,就这么简单,只需都乘以 5 就行了。
    • The answer to this question is deceptively straightforward.这个问题的答案不像看上去那么简单。
    • It's quite straightforward to get here from your house.从你家来这儿相当容易。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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  2. (of a person or their behaviour人或行为) honest and open; not trying to trick somebody or hide something坦诚的;坦率的;率直的
    • She's nice: very straightforward and easy to get on with.她人不错,很坦诚,易相处。
    • a refreshingly straightforward attitude极其坦诚的态度
    • He was quite straightforward with us about the difficulties involved.对于其中的困难他倒是相当直率地告诉了我们。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • very
    • quite
    • refreshingly
    preposition
    • about
    • with
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