基本释义
- 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
实用例句
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。
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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
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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。
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His music is sheer delight...
听他的音乐完全是一种享受。
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。
There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
陡坡就在我窗户外面。
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。
...sheer black tights.
极薄的黑色紧身裤
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.
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She managed to stop smoking by sheer willpower.
她全靠意志力戒了烟.
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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.
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It would be downright [ sheer ] madness to do such a thing.
做这种事纯粹是 发疯.
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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.
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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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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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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
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"
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"
1. straight up or down without a break
2. directly;
"he fell sheer into the water"