simple是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 简单的； 单纯的， 直率的； 迟钝的， 头脑简单的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In spite of his considerable wealth he was simple in his personal tastes, and his indoor servants at Baskerville Hall consisted of a married couple named Barrymore, the husband act-ing as butler and the wife as housekeeper.
-- The other words were all simple and might be found in any issue, but 'moor' would be less common.'
-- 'And this man of simple tastes would be the heir to Sir Charles's thousands.'
-- It was a sweet, simple country spot, but I was surprised to observe that by the gate there stood two soldierly men in dark uniforms, who leaned upon their short rifles and glanced keenly at us as we passed.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She was photographed in a black silk dress of simple design, her hair was evidently dark and plainly arranged, her eyes were deep and thoughtful, the expression of her face passionate, but proud.
-- You are simple and merry, but you can see into another's heart very quickly.
-- Her dress was modest and simple to a degree, dark and elderly in style; but both her face and appearance gave evi-dence that she had seen better days.
-- His expression was simple and confiding, and his manners were very polite and en-gaging.
-- He could not forgive himself for being so simple as to imagine that Ivolgin would be of any use.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Simple idea.
-- "It's simple enough and credible enough," said Griffin, putting the serviette aside and leaning the invisible head on an invisible hand.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was very simple and convincing.
-- I found their simple scale of honour was based mainly on the capacity for inflict-ing trenchant wounds.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But Mowgli's plan was simple enough.
-- Her Majesty's Servants You can work it out by Fractions or by simple Rule of Three, But the way of Tweedle-dum is not the way of Tweedle-dee.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The simple array of the chosen band was soon completed.
-- The simple admirer of the war-horse instantly fell back to a low, gaunt, switch-tailed mare, that was unconsciously gleaning the faded herbage of the camp nigh by; where, leaning with one elbow on the blanket that concealed an apology for a saddle, he became a spectator of the departure, while a foal was quietly making its morning repast, on the opposite side of the same animal.
-- de-manded her simple companion.
-- The scout and his companions listened to this simple ex-planation with the interest of men who imbibe new ideas, at the same time that they get rid of old ones, which had proved disagreeable inmates.
-- After a last look at Uncas, Cora turne,d and with a quivering lip, addressed herself to Heyward: 'I have heard of your boasted skill in the water, too, Dun-can,' she said; 'follow, then, the wise example set you by these simple and faithful beings.'
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was, in fact, an odd mixture of small shrewdness and simple credulity.
-- Brom, who had a degree of rough chivalry in his nature, would fain have carried matters to open warfare and have settled their pretensions to the lady, according to the mode of those most concise and simple reasoners, the knights-errant of yore, by single combat; but lchabod was too conscious of the superior might of his adversary to enter the lists against him; he had overheard a boast of Bones, that he would 'double the schoolmaster up, and lay him on a shelf of his own schoolhouse;' and he was too wary to give him an opportunity.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She was the only woman of the three whose face was free of make-up, and by contrast with the others she seemed simple and unaffected.
-- Her black dress, simple to austerity, suggested her bereaved condition, and I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.
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