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ADJ
(用于强调)纯粹的，完全的，十足的 You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.
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His music is sheer delight...
听他的音乐完全是一种享受。
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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。
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...acts of sheer desperation.
彻底绝望的行为
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There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
陡坡就在我窗户外面。
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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。
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ADJ-GRADED
极薄的;极轻的;精致的 Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate.
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...sheer black tights.
极薄的黑色紧身裤
- Verb
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1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
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2. cause to sheer;
- "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
- Adjective
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1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
- "absolute freedom"
- "an absolute dimwit"
- "a downright lie"
- "out-and-out mayhem"
- "an out-and-out lie"
- "a rank outsider"
- "many right-down vices"
- "got the job through sheer persistence"
- "sheer stupidity"
- synonym： absolute，downright，out-and-out(a)，rank(a)，right-down，sheer(a)
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2. not mixed with extraneous elements;
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3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
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4. so thin as to transmit light;
- "a hat with a diaphanous veil"
- "filmy wings of a moth"
- "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"
- "gossamer cobwebs"
- "sheer silk stockings"
- "transparent chiffon"
- "vaporous silks"
- Adverb
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1. straight up or down without a break
- synonym： perpendicularly
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2. directly;
- "he fell sheer into the water"
体育
- 1.超出航线
- 2.偏航
- 3.弦弧
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- 1.舷弧
船舶
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- 1.舷弧
- 2.甲板边线在中纵剖面上投影的纵向曲度。 其值以各站处甲板边线与型深的高度差表示。
- 1. 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。
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- 2. By sheer ability and force of character he has acquired the present position.
- 他获得目前的职位全凭他的才能和坚毅的性格。
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- 3. 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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- 4. For sheer enjoyment,you can't beat this game.
- 单以开心来说，没有比这个游戏更好的了。
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- 5. He achieved his aim by sheer strength of will.
- 他纯粹靠意志力达到了目的。
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- 6. He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence.
- 他只要一出场，观众就为之倾倒。
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- 7. He reached his present senior position through sheer merit.
- 他全靠他的功绩才达到今天的地位。
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- 8. His performance was sheer perfection.
- 他的表演达到了尽善尽美的地步。
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- 9. His speedy promotion is from sheer ability.
- 他全凭才干而被迅速提拔。
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- 10. I am in sheer ignorance of the matter.
- 我对此事全然无知。
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- 11. I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.
- 看来争论这件事纯粹是浪费时间。
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- 12. It is difficult to convey the sheer complexity of the situation.
- 很难说清楚形势究竟有多复杂。
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- 13. It is sheer madness to do it.
- 做这种事实在愚不可及。
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- 14. It would be downright [sheer] madness to do such a thing.
- 做这种事纯粹是发疯。
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- 15. It's a sheer waste of time.
- 简直是浪费时间。
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- 16. 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。
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- 17. It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.
- 整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
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- 18. 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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- 19. On a hot day a dip in the sea is sheer paradise.
- 热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。
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- 20. 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。
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