sheer

汉语翻译

a. 绝对的, 全然的, 纯粹的, 透明的, 峻峭的
vi. 偏转, 偏航
vt. 使急转向, 使偏航
ad. 完全, 全然, 峻峭
n. 偏航
相关词组:
a sheer fraud
by sheer chance
by sheer force
by sheer determination

词型变化：

名词:sheerness 副词:sheerly 形容词比较级:sheerer 最高级:sheerest 动词过去式:sheered 过去分词:sheered 现在分词:sheering 第三人称单数:sheers 

词意辨析：

steep, abrupt, sheer

这些形容词均含“陡峭的，险峻的”之意。
steep: 指坡度向上逐渐增加的斜陡坡，强调险峻，暗示难于攀登。
abrupt: 着重指地形突然起伏，形成尖角状。
sheer: 指自始至终近于垂直的陡峭，不仅仅很难爬上去，甚至于不可能攀登。

英语解释：

动词 sheer:

1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   同义词：swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
2. cause to sheer

形容词 sheer:

1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
   同义词：absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down
2. not mixed with extraneous elements
   同义词：plain, unmingled, unmixed
3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
   同义词：bluff, bold
4. so thin as to transmit light
   同义词：diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

副词 sheer:

1. straight up or down without a break
   同义词：perpendicularly
2. directly

例句：

1. She played a trick on him out of sheer devilment.
   她捉弄他完全是为了寻开心。
2. He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.
   他毫无耐性，对他来说排队等候完全是活受罪。
3. He persuaded them to join him by the sheer magnetism of his personality.
   他完全是靠个人的魅力，说服他们和他在一起干。
4. The ground dropped away sheer at our feet.
   我们脚下的地面垂直地陷落下去。
5. I met her by sheer chance.
   我完全出于偶然遇见了她。
6. It's a sheer waste of time.
   这纯粹是浪费时间。