英文:pure and simple (adj.)
說明:pure and simple 意為「不折不扣,完全是,純粹是」,都用在它所修飾的名詞 (通常為不可數名詞) 之後。它的副詞為 purely and simply,意為「不折不扣,完全地,純粹地」。
例句:
- It’s blackmail, pure and simple. (那是不折不扣的敲詐)
- That murder was vengeance, pure and simple. (那起謀殺是不折不扣的報復行徑)
- It’s laziness, pure and simple. (那純粹是懶惰)
- It was just gossip, pure and simple. (那純粹是八卦)
- I lent him $1,000 purely and simply out of friendship. (我借他一千美元完全是基於友誼)
- The principal decided to close the library purely and simply because it cost too much to run. (校長決定關閉圖書館純粹是因為管理費用太高了)