stripped-down

/ˌstrɪpt ˈdaʊn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌstrɪpt ˈdaʊn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstrip(t)-ˈdau̇n How to pronounce stripped-down (audio)/ (ame, mw)

stripped-down — 形容詞

1. describing a product, plan, or design that keeps only the parts needed to work,

1.形容詞B2
釋義

精簡的

只留必要功能或內容

describing a product, plan, or design that keeps only the parts needed to work, with extra detail, decoration, or features removed.

例句

The startup released a stripped-down app for people with older phones.

那家新創公司推出了精簡版 app，讓舊手機用戶也能使用。

stripped-down + app for fewer features

By midnight, the stage design was stripped-down but still looked beautiful.

到了半夜，舞台設計雖然很精簡，看起來還是很漂亮。

predicative: be stripped-down

同義詞
  • minimal

    stresses small amount or plain design, not always that features were removed.

  • bare-bones

    more informal and strongly suggests that only the essentials remain.

  • simplified

    neutral and broad; it can describe language or procedures as well as products.

  • streamlined

    often suggests greater efficiency, not just fewer details.

反義詞
  • elaborate

    full of extra detail or decoration.

  • full-featured

    includes many tools or options, especially in products or software.

  • comprehensive

    covers many details instead of only the essentials.

文法句型

stripped-down + app

stripped-down + budget

stripped-down + menu

be stripped-down

用法筆記

Often used for versions, designs, budgets, or menus when extras have been removed on purpose. Distinguish this sense from the literal physical sense of taking something apart: here the item still functions, but in a simpler form.

常見錯誤

❌We chose the stripped down model.
✅We chose the stripped-down model.
💡before a noun, the compound adjective normally keeps the hyphen.
❌The report is stripped-down because several pages fell out.
✅The report is stripped-down because the editor removed extra sections.
💡it means simplified by removing nonessential parts, not accidentally damaged.