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。

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This morning I simply dived into deep water off the rocks nearest to the house, where they descend almost sheer.

今天早上我只是在最靠近房子的礁石深水处潜水，那里的岩石几乎是陡峭的。

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Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit.

它陡峭的岩石边从一个宽阔的基地上拔地而起，直到在平坦的山顶下突然被切断。

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The sheer cacophony of the clustered consonants in this line sets off -or has the potential to set off -- a powerful cluster of feelings.

这句诗中辅音全然不和谐，使人觉得,或者有意向让人觉得-，有力量的层叠之感。

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Others are sealed off by sheer, black 300m-high cliffs.

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The smallest skulls are mostly incomplete infants' jawbones tend to sheer off when clubbed.

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Potential investors have been put off by the sheer number of city-backed investment agencies they are supposed to deal with: six at last count.

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