常見例句用作形容詞 (adj.)用作定語: ~+ n.He achieved his aim by sheer strength of will.他純粹靠意志力達到了目的。It's a sheer cliff there.那邊有一座懸崖。The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.瀑布從1000英尺的高處直瀉而下。She wears a pair of sheer stockings.她穿著一雙透明的絲襪。用作表語: S+be+~+to- vThe mountain was too sheer to climb.這山太陡峭了,無法攀登。That dress is too sheer to wear without a slip.那條連衣裙太透明了,沒有襯裙不能穿。用作形容詞 (adj.)Chiffon is a fabric of sheer silk or rayon.薄綢是一種極薄的絲綢或人造絲織物。It's very difficult to climb a sheer cliff.攀登陡峭的懸崖是很困難的。She played a trick on him out of sheer devilment.她捉弄他完全是為了尋開心。He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.他毫無耐性,對他來說排隊等候完全是活受罪。I met her by sheer chance.我完全出于偶然遇見了她。It's a sheer waste of time.這純粹是浪費時間。用作副詞 (adv.)The ground dropped away sheer at our feet.我們腳下的地面垂直地陷落下去。用作動詞 (v.)When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction.他一看到我過來,掉頭就走了。You should sheer off the urchin.你應該躲避這頑童。Nobody can sheer off from the issue.沒有誰能回避了這個問題。She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce.一談到她離婚的事她就盡量轉(zhuǎn)換話題。 返回 sheerest