simplicity
英 [sɪm'plɪsɪtɪ]
美 [sɪm'plɪsəti]
語源
simplicity シンプリシティ、単純、簡素。ラテン語のsimplicitatemから、単純な、素朴な、simplexから、純粋な、simplex,simplexと同じ。
英語の語源
- 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."
例文
- 1. A timeless comic actor-his simplicity and his apparent ease are matchless.
- 喜劇界の常緑樹として——彼のシンプルで素朴で自然で気前がいい人はいない。
- 2.There is a simplicity about the interior which comes close to blandness.
- 室内はシンプルに配置されており、ほとんど平板である。
- 3.Using a credit card to pay for an order is simplicity itself.
- クレジットカードで注文を支払うのは簡単ではありません。
- 4.Using plastic to pay for an order is simplicity itself.
- クレジットカードで注文を支払うのは簡単なことです。
- 5.The style is marked by simplicity ，clarity，and candor.
- このスタイルの特徴は簡潔で、はっきりしていて、単刀直入であることです。