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If an idea is simplistic, it treats a hard subject as if it were easy — too few parts, too clean an answer. It is almost never a compliment.
If an idea is simplistic如果一個想法是simplistic， it treats a hard subject as if it were easy它就是把一個困難的主題當成很簡單， too few parts, too clean an answer用太少的部分、太乾淨俐落的答案來處理。 It is almost never a compliment這幾乎從來不是稱讚。
A simplistic plan for peace; a simplistic view of why people are poor. Teachers, , and newspaper writers use it when they think someone has skipped the mess.
A simplistic plan for peacea simplistic plan for peace（過於簡化的和平方案）； a simplistic view of why people are poora simplistic view of why people are poor（對貧窮成因過於簡化的看法）。 Teachers, reviewers, and newspaper writers use it老師、評論者、報紙作者會用這個字， when they think someone has skipped the mess在他們覺得有人跳過了複雜的部分時。
Though actually, simple and simplistic sit next to each other and that is where students slip. Simple can be praise: a simple explanation that still tells the truth. Simplistic is the complaint that the explanation has gone too far and left the truth behind.
Though actually, simple and simplistic sit next to each other不過，simple和simplistic這兩個字長得很像， and that is where students slip學生也常常在這裡出錯。 Simple can be praiseSimple可以是稱讚： a simple explanation that still tells the truth一個依然道出真相的簡單解釋。 Simplistic is the complaintSimplistic則是一種抱怨， that the explanation has gone too far and left the truth behind說這個解釋簡化過頭、把真相丟在後面了。
It is an adjective, a little educated, common in essays and reviews, less common in very casual speech, where people more often say “that’s too simple.” People also stretch it to a person: “he is being simplistic” points at the thinking, not at the whole personality.
It is an adjective, a little educated它是一個形容詞，有點書卷氣， common in essays and reviews常見於論說文和評論， less common in very casual speech在非常口語的場合比較少見， where people more often say "that's too simple."那種場合人們更常說「that's too simple」。 People also stretch it to a person人們也會把它用在一個人身上： "he is being simplistic" points at the thinking"he is being simplistic"指的是那個人的思考方式， not at the whole personality不是整個人格。
組成Built on simple, then the endings -ist and -ic. The extra pieces give it the feel of “in the manner of someone who over-simplifies,” which is why the word is a criticism, not a cousin of simple in tone.
同家族的字
- simplethe base word; simplistic is the “too simple” criticism of it
- simplisticallythe adverb from this adjective
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
simplisticadj/sɪmˈplɪstɪk/
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Overly simple.
- At one time, I was extremely skeptical of such simplistic medicine until observing a reflexologist at work and finding that many of the patients showed steady improvement in cases where official medical practitioners had recommended surgery or prescribed the usual quantum of pills. Along with the foot massage, the reflexologist recommended herbal teas to her clients.
- This simplistic method of using herbs isolates the disease from the person and the chemical aspects of an herb from its overall individual therapeutic effects.
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In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuances and complexities are lost or important details are overlooked.
- (Mao's) reliance on simplistic Soviet interpretations was reflected in his dismissal of Hitler as "a mere will-less puppet of the reactionary capitalists."
- The cliché is not untrue, but, like all generalisations, it distorts reality so that overly simplistic judgments have to be tempered by a few qualifications.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。