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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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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The advertiser has two variableto contend with(1) the sheer number of eyeballs or ears that a particular advertising strategy will reach, and (2) within a set, the number of eyeballs and ears actually interested in the product being advertised.

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The sheer weight alone (5478 pounds) makes a Bentley easier to handle than a slimmer, leaner friskier sports car (3946 on the Ferrari FF).

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That experience, of course, is not as unusual as the sheer number of board seats (a total of 39) that these six individuals occupy.

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