plain speaking

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  • vi. 讲话直率的
  • placage n.(建筑物的)薄饰面
  • placard n.招贴;海报;标语牌v.张贴布告;公布某事
  • placate v.抚慰;平息;和解
  • placatory adj.抚慰的;怀柔的;融洽的
  • place n.地方;地位;职位;获奖的名次v.将(某物)放置;安排;订货;寄托;辨认;获得名次
1. This was plain speaking, and Mary Lennox had never heard the truth about herself in her life.
这话说得很明白,玛丽·伦诺克斯一生中从未听说过关于她自己的真相。

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2. She was admired for her plain speaking.
她说话坦白,这一点令人钦佩。

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3. Some economists think that plain speaking is desirable, inevitable or both.
一些经济学家认为明确的言辞是需要的,不可避免的,或者两者兼有之。

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4. They are all so suspicious of each other; a little plain speaking would do a lot of good.
他们都是相互猜疑,如果稍微诚实坦率些,那就会好多了。

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5. If you don't mind my plain speaking, I want to tell you that we do not consider your work entirely satisfactory.
要是我直言相告你不见怪的话,我想告诉你我们认为你的工作并不完全令人满意。

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6. Known for his plain speaking style, Gates, a native Kansan, gives old-fashioned speeches about service and duty and exudes a sense of calm.
盖茨,这个纯正的堪萨斯州人,延续他一贯直白的演讲风格,以一种平静的语气就服务和责任这一老套话题进行讲话。

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7. Communication skills — careful listening, clear writing, close reading, plain speaking, and accurate description — will be invaluable.
交流能力——听得认真、写得明白、看得仔细、说得清楚、叙述准确——将具有无可估量的价值。

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8. Morgan is an expansive stylist, fond of rare words (“letheless, ” “mortise”) and of the circumlocutions that can pass for plain speaking, but her pacing is shrewd.
Morgan是一名胸襟广阔并且追求独特风格的作家,喜欢罕见字(“letheless”,“mortise"),并且喜欢迂回的能够通过普通说话表现出来的说法,但是她的节奏敏锐。

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9. Present-day impressions of this important occasion are of a strange blending of formality, plain speaking with hovering dissension and a general lack of natural warmth.
现在看来这一重要场合是一种奇怪的混合物。里面夹杂着做作,坦率地说充斥着不和的气氛,并且大多缺乏自然的家庭温暖。

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10. And of course, this page just made my day because the person who wrote it did so by speaking plain English, instead of boring us with maybes and possibilities regarding legalities.
当然,这个页面使我的日子更好过一点,因为写它的人使用清晰明白的英语,而不是用关于法律的大概和可能性这些词语来烦扰我们。

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11. Too often, party colleagues were left to fight the fires after another round of good old plain-speaking from MM. He upset ethnic Malays by remarking they had not adapted well to Singapore.
行动党的同事经常在资政内阁一轮直率的讲话后出来灭火,他评论那些没有很好地适应新加坡的马来人令他烦恼。

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12. An energetic and plain-speaking woman who gives the impression of being untroubled by self-doubt, Holt has little time for the idea that Breivik was just a deranged loner who came out of nowhere.
霍尔特是一个精力旺盛而且直率的女人,她不怀疑自己,她毫不怀疑布莱·维克就是一个毫无前途的神经错乱的孤独者。

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13. The plain-speaking Cele has called for a change in legislation that would allow police to open fire on suspects without having to worry about "what happens after that".
Cele讲话风格直截了当,他呼吁修改立法,允许警察向嫌犯开枪,而无需担心“之后会发生什么”。

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14. Use plain and clear language just as if you were speaking to a friend.
使用平淡和真切的语言,就好像说给你朋友听一样。

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15. Generally speaking, telegrams can be divided into two kinds: Plain Language telegrams and Code Language telegrams.
一般而言,电报可分为两种:明语电报和电码电报。

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16. The writings of the analytical school combine plain-speaking with technical terms that are precisely defined in the style of scientific terminology (or at least, they are supposed to be).
分析学派的著作把日常语言同以科学术语精确定义的专门名词相结合。

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17. Speaking of which, I'm frank to say that the drama is plain, sometimes even boring, I was always expecting the music being played again and again.
整场演出,说实话话剧演出平淡甚至有些乏味,俺一直在等待音乐想起。

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18. Use plain and clear language just as if you were speaking to a friend.
使用平淡和真切的语言,就好像说给您朋友听壹样。

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19. From a hill above a corpsestrewn plain a general speaking to his officers, leaned upon his spear.
尸骸累累的平原,一位将军站在小山岗上,拄着矛枪,正对他的部下训话。

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20. This one features a hotshot New York journalist and a plain-speaking Southern librarian, both of whom have been hurt by love before.
这次是发生在是纽约炙手可热的记者和南方单纯朴素的图书管理员这两个曾被爱情所伤的主角之间。

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21. Generally speaking, the design of Diaoban books in the Song Dynasty reflects significant features of plain and simple.
宋朝雕版书籍之设计一般而言体现出朴实之显著特色。

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22. Strictly speaking Hankow and Nanking lie just south of the Great Plain.
严格的说汉口和南京正在大平原的南方。

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23. He is beloved for his roles as plain-speaking men of humane decency.
他出演的角色语言坦率,文雅庄重,深受观众喜爱。

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24. He is beloved for his roles as plain-speaking men of humane decency.
他出演的角色语言坦率,文雅庄重,深受观众喜爱。

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    1. If you don't mind my plain speaking, I want to tell you that we do not consider your work entirely satisfactory.
      要是我直言相告你不见怪的话,我想告诉你我们认为你的工作并不完全令人满意。

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