sheer
adjective /ʃɪə(r)/
/ʃɪr/
- [only before noun] used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of something
（用来强调事物的大小、程度或数量） - 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。 - 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。
- The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.
- [only before noun] complete and not mixed with anything else
完全的；纯粹的；十足的 - The concert was sheer delight.
这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。 - sheer luck/chance/coincidence/joy/bliss/determination
纯粹的运气/机会/巧合/快乐/幸福/决心 - I only agreed out of sheer desperation.
我一时情急才同意的。 - sheer terror/panic/exhaustion/hell
纯粹的恐惧/恐慌/疲惫/地狱
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- The concert was sheer delight.
- very steep
陡峭的 - sheer cliffs/slopes
悬崖峭壁；陡坡 - Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.
外面是一道陡坡，直插大海。
- sheer cliffs/slopes
- (of cloth, etc.
织物等 又薄又轻几乎透明的 - sheer nylon
透明尼龙
- sheer nylon
词源adjective Middle English (in the sense ‘exempt, cleared’): probably an alteration of dialect shire ‘pure, clear’, from the Germanic base of the verb shine. In the mid 16th cent. the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also in sense (4).