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-derivedCommon 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.