副词
Learning Vocabulary-(学习词汇)
1. 简单地;只不过;仅仅;纯粹
You use simply to emphasize that something consists of only one thing, happens for only one reason, or is done in only one way.
2. (用于强调)简直,根本
You use simply to emphasize what you are saying.
3. see also: simple
1. and nothing more
e.g. I was merely asking
it is simply a matter of time
just a scratch
he was only a child
hopes that last but a moment
2. absolutely
altogether
really
e.g. we are simply broke
3. in a simple manner
without extravagance or embellishment
e.g. she was dressed plainly
they lived very simply
Synonym: plainly
4. absolutely
e.g. I just can't take it anymore
he was just grand as Romeo
it's simply beautiful!
Synonym: just