The concert was sheer delight.

这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。

His music is sheer delight.

他的音乐是纯粹的快乐。

The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.

它的完全无效使她很恼火。

Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity.

服用类固醇的男人们纯粹是受了虚荣心的驱使。

The sheer physical effort had exacted a heavy price.

纯粹的体力支出已付出了沉重的代价。

How can you ignore the sheer weight of medical opinion?

你怎么能忽视医生意见的绝对重要性呢？

He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom.

他已经不再去听讲座了，纯粹出于厌倦。

It was her sheer persistence that wore them down in the end.

最终把他们拖垮的纯粹是她的不屈不挠。

Sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea.

纯粹的运气常常在激发思想方面起着重要的作用。

The second goal was sheer wizardry.

第二记入球真是神奇。

The cliffs rise sheer from the beach.

悬崖从海滩上拔地而起。

Swimming on a hot day is sheer bliss.

热天游泳是天大的乐事。

He succeeds by dint of sheer hard work.

他通过努力工作取得了成功。

I only agreed out of sheer desperation.

我一时情急才同意的。

They had survived by sheer determination.

他们全凭坚强的决心幸存下来。

It's sheer lunacy driving in such weather.

天气这样糟糕还开车，真是疯了。

The ground dropped sheer away at our feet.

在我们脚下，地势陡降。

He refused to attend out of sheer perversity.

他拒不出席，纯属任性固执。

He controlled himself by sheer force of will.

他全靠意志力自我控制。

She earned her grades through sheer hard work.

她的学习成绩完全是靠刻苦用功得来的。

There was a sheer drop just outside my window.

就在我的窗外有一个陡坡。

By sheer luck nobody was hurt in the explosion.

万幸的是，没有人在爆炸中受伤。

I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom.

由于实在闲极无聊，我开始无节制地大吃起来。

For sheer luxury, this hotel takes some beating.

单看豪华的程度，这家旅馆是难以超越的。

They won the argument by sheer weight of numbers.

他们纯粹靠人多势众在争论中获胜。

He maintained order by sheer force of personality.

他纯凭人格力量维护秩序。

It would be sheer madness to trust a man like that.

信任这样的人将是愚蠢至极。

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。

For me, the holiday was sheer unadulterated pleasure.

对我来说，这个假期是百分之百的赏心乐事。

The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.

这次面试从头至尾使人备受煎熬。