sheer

释义

adv.完全地，全然; 垂直地，陡峭地adj.完全的，全然的; 极薄的; 陡峭的; 绝对的

大小写变形: Sheer

词态变化

比较级 :   sheerer ; 最高级 :   sheerest ;

实用场景例句

The sheer joy of listening to his compositions is undeniable.

聆听他的作品带来的纯粹快乐无可否认。

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Sheer chance often acts as a powerful spark for triggering imaginative breakthroughs.

纯粹的运气时常成为激发突破性创意的强大火花。

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Sheer vertical cliffs towered perilously close to my window's edge.

近乎垂直的悬崖危险地耸立在我的窗边。

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A hiker slipped and fell from a sheer cliff to his tragic end.

一名徒步者从陡峭的悬崖上滑落，不幸身亡。

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Sheer black stockings.

极薄的黑色长筒袜。

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The city is under pressure from the sheer volume of commuters passing through it.

这座城市由于通勤者数量庞大而面临压力。

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The sheer beauty of the sunset left us speechless.

日落的纯粹美丽让我们无言以对。

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The performance was sheer perfection.

这场表演是一次十足的完美。

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Sheer exhaustion forced him to cancel the meeting.

极度的疲惫迫使他取消了会议。

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Sheer drops surrounded the ancient castle on all sides.

陡峭的悬崖四面环绕着这座古老的城堡。

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Sheer cliffs rose sharply from the rocky shoreline.

陡峭的悬崖从岩石嶙峋的海岸线拔地而起。

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Sheer silk

透明丝绸

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Sheer cliffs tower above the valley.

陡峭的悬崖耸立在峡谷之上。

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The cliff fell sheer to the sea below.

悬崖笔直地坠入下方的海中。

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(figurative)His thoughts sheered away from memories too painful to confront.

他的思绪避开了那些痛苦得难以面对的回忆。

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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.

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真题例句

Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

What do you actually do and how do you prepare for your job?If sheer numbers provide any proof, Americans’ universities are the envy of the world.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

But, the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America, the interplay of the varied national groups upon one another, and the sheer difficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent caused significant changes.

出自-2015年考研翻译原文

英英释义

Verb

1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly;

"The car cut to the left at the intersection"

"The motorbike veered to the right"

2. cause to sheer;

"She sheered her car around the obstacle"

Adjective

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"

2. not mixed with extraneous elements;

"plain water"

"sheer wine"

"not an unmixed blessing"

3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;

"a bluff headland"

"where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"

"a sheer descent of rock"

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

1. straight up or down without a break

2. directly;

"he fell sheer into the water"