sheer
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
You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.
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。
A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical.
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 material is very thin, light, and delicate.
...sheer black tights.
极薄的黑色紧身裤
1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
2. cause to sheer;
1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
2. not mixed with extraneous elements;
3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
4. so thin as to transmit light;
1. straight up or down without a break
2. directly;
steep, abrupt, sheer
这些形容词均含"陡峭的,险峻的"之意。
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.
She managed to stop smoking by sheer willpower.
她全靠意志力戒了烟.
It is sheer madness to do it.
做这种事实在愚不可及.
The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.
瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下.
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.