sheer
英 [ʃɪə]
美[ʃɪr]
	    - adj. 绝对的;透明的;峻峭的;纯粹的
 - adv. 完全;陡峭地
 - vi. 偏航
 - vt. 使偏航;使急转向
 - n. 偏航;透明薄织物
 
实用场景例句
- The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.
 - 这一地区由于游客人数太多而面临威胁。
 
牛津词典
- We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral.
 - 大教堂的宏大规模给我们留下了深刻的印象。
 
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- The concert was sheer delight.
 - 这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。
 
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- I only agreed out of sheer desperation.
 - 我一时情急才同意的。
 
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- sheer cliffs/slopes
 - 悬崖峭壁;陡坡
 
牛津词典
- Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.
 - 外面是一道陡坡,直插大海。
 
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- sheer nylon
 - 透明尼龙
 
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- The cliffs rise sheer from the beach.
 - 悬崖从海滩上拔地而起。
 
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- The ground dropped sheer away at our feet.
 - 在我们脚下,地势陡降。
 
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- (figurative)Her mind sheered away from images she did not wish to dwell on.
 - 她有意不去想那些她不愿多想的事情。
 
牛津词典
- His music is sheer delight...
 - 听他的音乐完全是一种享受。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea.
 - 灵感的激发通常纯粹是靠运气。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
 - 陡坡就在我窗户外面。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.
 - 一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...sheer black tights.
 - 极薄的黑色紧身裤
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The People's Liberation Army, so long outnumbered , has gained numerical superiority.
 - 人民解放军在数量上由长期的劣势转入了优势.
 
期刊摘选
- Out of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and read on and on.
 - 在百无聊赖中,随手抓过一本书来,读下去.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She managed to stop smoking by sheer willpower.
 - 她全靠意志力戒了烟.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- It is sheer madness to do it.
 - 做这种事实在愚不可及.
 
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- The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.
 - 瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下.
 
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- At the end of the film, the man becomes a thief out of sheer desperation.
 - 在电影的结尾, 这个人由于彻底绝望而成了小偷.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- It would be downright [ sheer ] madness to do such a thing.
 - 做这种事纯粹是 发疯.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It's sheer paradise to relax in a hot bath after a hard day's work.
 - 一天的辛苦工作之后在热水浴缸中松弛一下真是最大的享受.
 
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- I am in sheer ignorance of the matter.
 - 我对此事全然无知.
 
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
 - 很难确切知道这场悲剧的严重程度.
 
《简明英汉词典》
- By sheer persistence, I eventually got her to change her mind.
 - 我全凭坚持不懈最终使她改变了主意.
 
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