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。
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。
Maintaining a high body temperature through sheer bulk is called gigantothermy.
通过绝对体积来维持高体温的方法被称为惯性恒温性。
This "displacement effect" is further heightened by the sheer volume of exhibits.
这种“错位效应”由于展品的绝对数量而进一步增强了。
But a loss for all who, like Darwin, delight in the sheer inventiveness of evolution.
但对于所有像达尔文一样以纯粹的创新进化论为乐的人来说，却是一个损失。
By force of sheer numbers, however, the mosses and ferns reached Hawaii, survived, and multiplied.
然而，凭借着绝对数量，苔藓和蕨类植物到达了夏威夷群岛，存活并且繁衍了下来。
This has also resulted in an increase in the sheer number of advertisements to which audiences are exposed.
这也导致了观众接触到的广告的绝对数量的增加。
The foremost probably was the sheer need for military manpower that made it attractive to recruit bands of Germanic peoples for the armies.
最重要的可能是对军事人力的绝对需求，这使得招募日耳曼人加入军队变得很有吸引力。
In the story of the Swifter, he argues, we have the key elements in producing breakthrough ideas: frustration, moments of insight and sheer hard work.
他认为，在Swifter的故事中，我们拥有产生突破性想法的关键要素：挫败感、顿悟的时刻和纯粹的努力工作。
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。
He refused to attend out of sheer perversity.
他拒不出席，纯属任性固执。
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。
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。
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。
We were overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of the task.
任务太重，把我们都吓倒了。
There was a sheer drop of fifty metres to the rocks below.
距下面的岩石有五十米的垂直距离。
I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of information available.
已有的信息量大得令我不知所措。
Some shoppers looked bewildered by the sheer variety of goods for sale.
一些顾客看上去对种类十分繁多的销售货品感到不知所措了。
There's not another guitarist to rival the sheer physicality of his work.
再没有哪个吉他演奏者能比他的演奏更加激情洋溢。
The sheer quantity of detail would bemuse even the most clear-headed author.
大量的细节会让即使是头脑最清醒的作者都感到困惑。
The sheer size of the cathedral is a constant reminder of the power of religion.
大教堂的宏大规模使人时刻领略到宗教的威严。
None can match your sheer will-power and persistence in wearing down the opposition.
在消磨反对派的意志方面，没有人能比得上你那惊人的毅力和恒心。
They have, through sheer dogged determination, slowly gained respect for their efforts.
他们凭借顽强的毅力慢慢地为自己的努力赢得了尊重。
It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
在一个每年发生几十起地震的国家建立核电站实在愚蠢。
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