素淨、好懂
最貼近核心畫面的一群：把東西保持在最素、最不複雜的狀態。
clearly, plainly · r · B2
In a clear way that is easy for people to understand.
簡單明瞭地
核心畫面
You can hold the picture of stripping a thing down until only the bare, plain part is left — no decoration, nothing extra. 'simply' carries that 'pared down to just this' feeling into whatever it modifies.
可以想成把一件事一層層剝乾淨，剝到只剩最素、最基本的那一塊，沒有裝飾、沒有多餘。simply 就帶著這種「削到只剩這…更多收起
可以想成把一件事一層層剝乾淨，剝到只剩最素、最基本的那一塊，沒有裝飾、沒有多餘。simply 就帶著這種「削到只剩這個」的感覺：有時是把話講得很素淨好懂，有時是強調「就只有這個、不多不少」。Three branches
只是、僅僅
從「剝到只剩這個」轉到範圍上：把可能性削到只剩眼前這一項，沒有別的。
only, merely · r · B2
Only; nothing more than this.
只是、僅僅
實在是、根本（加強語氣）
從「就只有這個、沒別的可能」再往前一步：既然事情這麼純粹、沒有別的解釋，說話的人就用它來把語氣壓得很重。
absolutely (for emphasis) · r · B2
Used to make what you are saying stronger, when you really mean it.
實在是、根本
原始詞典資料6 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。
simplyadv/ˈsɪmpli/
- 1
mannerIn a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.
- 2
mannerPlainly; without art or subtlety
- ‘No,’ said Stephen simply.
- 3
mannerFoolishly; stupidly.
- Mrs. Thorold had told her sons that a young lady was visiting at the house, whose history she had given them in short hand, describing her as a dependent on the late Mrs. Willoughby, whom her son had very simply intended to marry at Alvestone […].
- 4
Merely; solely.
- I was simply asking a question.
- A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails.[…]This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?
- 5
absolutely, positively.
- That was a simply wonderful dessert.
- This type of comportment simply won't be tolerated.
- 6
Frankly.
- Simply, he just fired you.
- It was, quite simply, the best there was in stock.
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。