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plainspoken

🇬🇧 UK/'plein'spәukәn/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2

Definitions

adj.

Speaking in a direct, frank, and straightforward manner

直言不讳的,坦率的,言辞率直的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
plainflat, level, plain; to make flat or level
+
spokother
+
ento put into, to cause
=plainspoken

Common Collocations

  • 1.plainspoken manner直率的方式
  • 2.plainspoken style直白的风格
  • 3.[plainspoken approach]坦率的态度
  • 4.plainspoken honesty直言不讳的诚实

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The plainspoken senator told voters exactly what he planned to cut from the budget.

  • 2.

    Her plainspoken manner sometimes offended colleagues who preferred diplomatic language.

  • 3.

    He was a plainspoken man who never bothered to sugarcoat bad news.

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