
adv. 完全地;全然地
But it is sheerly black within my sight. How time flies!
我視覺之内隻是黑色而已。
The third plane on which music exists is the sheerly musical plane.
音樂存在的第三個層次,是純音樂層次。
Listening to all of these elements ism listening on the sheerly musical plane.
聽所有這些成分就是在純音樂的層次上聽。
Angels believe sheerly in right; brutes believe sheerly in might; and human alone believe that might is right.
天使隻信奉正義,禽獸隻信奉氣力,隻有人類信奉氣力就是正義。
By what he told people and sheerly by what he radiated, he caused structures of power to be seen for what they truly were.
通過他的話語,與他所散發出來的特質,世人看到了權力結構的真相。
adv.|totally/entirely/completely/absolutely/thoroughly/strictly/fully;完全地;全然地
"sheerly" 是副詞,由形容詞 "sheer" 加後綴 "-ly" 構成,核心含義為“完全地”“純粹地”,強調事物或行為的單一性、排他性,不含其他混雜因素或動機。例如在句子“She attended the lecture sheerly out of curiosity”(她參加講座純粹出于好奇)中,該詞突出行為的動機僅為好奇心,無其他目的。
從詞源學角度分析,"sheer" 源自古英語詞彙 "scīr",本義為“明亮的”或“純淨的”,後引申為“絕對的、純粹的”。這一演變反映了英語詞彙從具象到抽象的意義延伸過程(參考《牛津英語詞源詞典》。
在語義層面,"sheerly" 常用于學術、法律等正式語境。劍橋英語語料庫(Cambridge English Corpus)數據顯示,該詞在學術論文中多用于強調研究的獨立性,如“This phenomenon is sheerly caused by gravitational effects”(該現象完全由引力效應引起)。其近義詞包括“purely”“solely”,但"sheerly" 的語義強度更高,更突出排他性。
根據多個權威詞典的解釋,"sheerly"是副詞,主要有以下含義和用法:
可通過新東方線上詞典和愛問教育詞條查看完整用法解析。該詞屬于中高階詞彙,多用于強調極端狀态,建議通過語境例句加深理解。
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