adv. 簡單地,樸素地;(引出概括或解釋)不過,僅僅;簡直;<非正>實在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地;樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時鐘純屬擺設,它再也不走了。
近義:just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義:elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly