英语释义

• 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"

• cause to sheer;

  "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

• directly;

  "he fell sheer into the water"

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly;

  "The car cut to the left at the intersection"

  "The motorbike veered to the right"

• not mixed with extraneous elements;

  "plain water"

  "sheer wine"

  "not an unmixed blessing"

• 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"

• 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"

• straight up or down without a break

片语

sheer height甲板边线高度

fancy sheer花色薄绸

sheer mould舷弧模

Sheer Stella斯特拉丝柔淡香水

sheer nonsense一派胡言

sheer curve舷弧线

Beautiful Sheer完全美态

triple sheer半透明薄绸

英汉例句

• if a stable column of mud has been set up in the well, keeping the oil at bay through its sheer weight, the next step would be to set cement in the well and seal it off permanently.

  如果一个稳定的泥浆柱能在油井里成型，并通过它十足的压力将石油限制在海湾范围，那下一步就是将井里的泥浆粘合好，使油井永久封闭。

• but 2006 was notable not just for the sheer amount of online video but also for the quality of content that emerged.

  但是2006年也是值得注意的，不仅仅是因为纯粹的在线视频，也是因为那些视频所显现出的内容质量。

• emphasize accomplishments that nobody required of you but that you took on out of sheer enthusiasm.

  着重展现那些没人要求你而你出于纯粹的热情获得的成就。

• some even act out of sheer altruism.

  有些行为甚至完全是利他的。

• one obvious answer is the sheer size of the asset class.

  这种资产类别的纯粹规模是一个显而易见的答案。

• they ascribed courage to me for something i did out of sheer panic.

  由于我纯粹因惊慌而做的事，他们认为我很有勇气。

• when you are really, really thirsty, that first sip of any liquidbeverage is sheer bliss.

  当你真的、真的很渴，无论喝任何液体饮料，第一口是十足的乐事。

• the pointlessness and sheer waste of effort in these school reports is quite something.

  在这些成绩单上所作的工作毫无意义，完全是一种浪费。

• or consider the examples of people who had the option to retire but continued to work due to the sheer enjoyment they received from work.

  或者你可以考虑这样的例子，有些人已经可以选择退休了，但是由于从工作中获取的纯粹的快乐使他们宁愿继续工作。

• i wasn「t scared but i was surprised as he started stroking me, though my overriding sensation was one of sheer pleasure.

  他开始抚摸我时，我并没有被吓到，只是感到吃惊，但凌驾我的感觉则是一种纯粹的愉悦。

• this was not from any love of the subject — i considered folklore a poor relation to literature — but out of sheer expediency.

  这绝不是因为我热爱这个题材——在我心目中，民俗是文学的一个穷亲戚——而只是纯粹的权宜之计。

• this one descended a sheer rock wall to lick salt and other exposed minerals.

  这只山羊下到一处峻峭的崖壁，舔食盐和其它裸露的矿物质。

• first, through sheer ability.

  第一，完全通过能力。

• do you always have a story in mind when you create your paintings or do you sometimes go for sheer aesthetics?

  你在作画的时候总是在心里有一个故事么，还是说有时候你追求的就是纯粹的美感？

• there may be more important works of art, like the david or the last supper or the sistine chapel, but for sheer charm there」s nothing like these 15th-century frescoes by mantegna.

  可能有比它更伟大的画作，比如《大卫》，《最后的晚餐》或者《西斯廷教堂》，但是要论有绝对魅力的还要数15世纪中叶的曼帖那的壁画。

• what「s most interesting aren」t the trends themselves, but the sheer magnitude of them.

  最有趣的部分不是这些发展趋势本身，而是它们十足的重要性。

• secrets were stolen for tactical reasons, however, not for sheer joy in exposure.

  不过这种泄密不是为了纯粹的曝光乐趣，而是为了战略原因。

• and as such, he understood perhaps better than anyone the sheer absurdity, but absolute necessity, of attempting to derive meaning from the universe of knowledge.

  作为图书馆员，他或许比任何人都了解，试图从知识的宇宙中产生意义，这件事是绝对荒谬的，但也是绝对必要的。

• the sheer joy of these moments is hard to put into words, but i do know one thing: i want them to happen again.

  这种时刻纯粹的乐趣是无法用语言表描述的，但我却知道一件事：我想要它们再次发生。

• instead, there must be some dreams – not sheer fantasy but at least a degree of optimism.

  但是，其中必须要有一些梦想——不是纯粹的幻想，但至少要有一定的乐观。

• would everyone start over again and magically arrive at a better agreement through sheer willpower?

  大家会重新开始，并且用十足的毅力神奇地达到一个更好的共识么？

• i know darling that if riches were to be counted in terms of tons of hope and sheer courage that nestle in your breast (this idea i got from you) you will certainly be a millionaire.

  我知道，亲爱的，如果财富是以驻于你胸中的希望和绝对的勇气的吨数来计算的话（这个想法是你告诉我的），你肯定会是一位百万富翁。

• this is the result not only of shameful exploitation, but ultimately of the sheer unavailability of public health care in many parts of india.

  这不仅仅是医生无耻剥削的结果，最终更是印度大部分地区公共卫生保健完全缺失的体现。

• an editor at the fansite hpana said they had seen a 「sneak preview」 of the site 「and it is breathtaking in scope, detail and sheer beauty」.

  游戏网站hpana的一个编辑说他们只看到这个网站的预演，它在范围、细节和纯粹的美工上都是令人惊叹的。

• hissuccess was the result of his unusual combination of technical smarts, strategic vision, flair for design and sheer force of character.

  他的成就源于他在技术才能、战略远见、设计天赋以及纯粹的性格力量方面的非凡结合。

• call it poetic justice, or just sheer bad luck, either way hobson approached the experience like a scientist and decided to document it, just as he had with the cats, but this time from the inside.

  把这当成理想的惩罚也好，当成纯粹的厄运也行，豪布森教授开始以科学家的态度研究并记录这段经历。 ——就像对待他的猫一样，不同的是这次从内部研究。

• illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity - all occur to test the limits of your soul.

  疾病、伤害、爱、真正的伟大的消逝和完全的愚蠢――所有这一切的发生都是对你的精神极限的考验。

相似词

clearad 清晰地；完全地

plain平原；无格式；朴实无华的东西

translucent透明的；半透明的

transparent透明的；显然的；坦率的；易懂的

thin细小部分

diaphanous透明的；精致的；模糊的

simple简单的；单纯的；天真的

pure(Pure)人名；(俄)普雷