There was, however, a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means.

因为她衣服的简单素雅，说明了她是一个生活不太优裕的人。

When power bowed to flattery, honor was bound to plainness.

当权力屈服于阿谀奉承时，荣誉必然屈服于平庸。

But I suppose her age and plainness were too pronounced for a town man.

但我想她的年龄和朴素对于一个城里人来说太明显了。

As you've seen, the plainness of Shaker furniture makes it strangely modern in appearance.

如您所见，Shaker 家具的朴素使它在外观上显得异常现代。

In writing this book I have sacrificed all other considerations to plainness and simplicity of style, so that all might understand.

在写作本书的过程中，我竭尽全力，力求让本书风格平易近人，通俗易懂。

It is my way—it always was my way, by instinct—ever to meet the brief with brevity, the direct with plainness.

这是我的方式——这一直是我的方式，本能地——永远以简洁的方式满足简短的要求，以简单的方式满足直接的要求。

Soused in vinegar, splattered in mayonnaise or ketchup, their straightforward plainness is a comforting delight-even, or especially, in a post-festive season when you are meant to be abstemious.

在醋中浸润、饱蘸蛋黄酱或番茄酱，它们直截了当的平淡是一种令人欣慰的愉悦——即使，或者说特别是在节日过后，当你应该节制饮食的时候。

At length in the smoking-room, up many weary stairs, he hit upon a gentleman of somewhat portly build and dressed with conspicuous plainness.

最后在吸烟室里，爬上许多令人疲倦的楼梯，他偶然发现了一位体格有些肥胖、衣着朴素的绅士。

In a world of shiny new apps and " scientifically-backed" hacks, the power hour looks quite plain, but this very plainness, in my mind, is a virtue.

在这个充斥着各种新鲜闪亮的应用软件和“有科学依据的”妙招的世界里，“动力时间”看起来相当平淡无奇，但在我看来，这种平淡无奇却是它的长处。

Struggling at birth against the gloom of mourning, their love was only the more in harmony with the provincial plainness of that gray and ruined house.

出生时就在悲痛的阴影中挣扎，他们的爱与那座灰色破败房屋的外省朴素更加和谐。

But for all her plainness of feature and smallness of stature, there was a sedate dignity about her movements that was oddly touching and far older than her seventeen years.

不过，无论她的相貌多么平淡，身佬多么娇小，她的举止行动中仍包含着一种沉静而非常动人的庄重美，这使她看起来远不象一个１７岁的大姑娘。

Her hat was a little, flat, glossy, new sailor, the extreme plainness of which had likewise much disappointed Anne, who had permitted herself secret visions of ribbon and flowers.

她的帽子是一顶扁平的、有光泽的新水手帽，其极端的朴素同样让安妮非常失望，她允许自己暗中幻想丝带和鲜花。

For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserve, plainness or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet you.

不管是好是坏，诸如友好或拘谨、相貌平平或漂亮妩媚等特征已经在你的名字中有所暗示，甚至他人在见到你本人之前就已经知道你的这些特征了。

As you've seen, the plainness of Shaker furniture makes it strangely modern in appearance. In fact, their austere, minimalist designs have influenced several modern furniture designers, some of whom we'll discuss next.

如您所见，Shaker 家具的朴素使它在外观上显得异常现代。事实上，他们朴素、极简主义的设计影响了几位现代家具设计师，我们接下来将讨论其中的一些设计师。

Advancing womanhood had tempered her plainness, which was of a good human sort, such as the mothers of our race have very commonly worn in all latitudes under a more or less becoming headgear.

女性的进步缓和了她的朴素，这是一种很好的人性，就像我们种族的母亲在各个纬度地区都非常普遍地戴着或多或少合适的头饰。

Margaret hoped so too, though she said nothing. She had never come fairly in contact with the taste that loves ornament, however bad, more than the plainness and simplicity which are of themselves the framework of elegance.

玛格丽特也希望如此，尽管她什么也没说。她从来没有真正接触过喜欢装饰的品味，无论多么糟糕，超过朴素和简单本身就是优雅的框架。

There was something ascetic in her look, which was augmented by the extreme plainness of a straight-skirted, black, stuff dress, a starched linen collar, hair combed away from the temples, and the nun-like ornament of a string of ebony beads and a crucifix.

她的外表有一种苦行僧的气质，再加上极端朴素的直筒黑色填充连衣裙、浆过的亚麻衣领、从太阳穴处梳理开的头发，以及一串乌木串珠的修女般的装饰，更加凸显了她的气质。和一个十字架。