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。

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There was a sheer drop just outside my window.

就在我的窗外有一个陡坡。

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Swimming on a hot day is sheer bliss.

热天游泳是天大的乐事。

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The runway is built on a flat stretch of land on a hill, with a sheer drop on both sides.

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And so as a way of understanding what at this point is really the sheer repetitiveness of this disclaimer, I want to propose a metaphor.

因此为了理解这个论点是否真的,是这种放弃的纯粹的重复，我将会提出一个隐喻。

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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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The demolition of five houses left hanging over a sheer drop following a landslip has been delayed after further earth movement.

BBC: Whitby landslip houses demolition delayed

They were followed a little later by the singer Pink, who wore a sheer bodysuit while performing from a trapezelike contraption above the audience Pink du Soleil.

NPR: Beyonce, Swift Big Winners At Lavish Grammys

That is a sheer tabloid instinct, in a broadsheet world.

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