朴实

I choose a palette of natural, earthy colours.

我选用一组自然朴实的颜色。

Her mother is a homely woman.

她母亲是个朴实的妇女。

The book is unpretentious; it can present names without dropping them, and the tone is contagiously warm.

这本书写得朴实无华, 它提了几个名字, 但又有用来抬高自己, 而书的语气热情洋。

Times are changed and we must, to use the homely metaphor, cut our coat according to our cloth.

变了, 因此, 用朴实的隐喻来讲, 我们必须“适应环境”。