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。