4pure and simpleREASONused to emphasize that there is only one thing involved or worth considering 完全,不折不扣〔用来强调只有一件事有关系或值得考虑〕
He wanted revenge, pure and simple.
他一心只想报复。
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pure and simple• The motive for the robbery was greed, pure and simple.• But more subtle problems remain-related to sexism, pure and simple.• If they lived in the MiddleEast they were bad, pure and simple.• The bottom line is in the ledger book, pure and simple.• The man wants revenge, pure and simple, and he's working logically through the family, savingStone until last.• The first is pure and simplefiletransfer.• A gratuitouspromise, pure and simple, remains unenforceable unless given under seal.• But lineagepure and simple was not the only consideration.
5morally good 道德上无瑕疵的HONEST literary without any sexual experience or evilthoughts 纯洁的,贞洁的,无邪的,清白的OPP impure
a pure young girl
纯洁的少女
They’re too pure and innocent to know what’s really going on.
他们太纯洁太天真了,不了解实际上发生了什么。
6colour or sound 颜色或声音CC very clear and beautiful 纯正的,无杂色的,清晰而优美的
a cloudless sky of the purest blue
碧蓝无云的天空
Her voice, clear and pure, soared up to the roof.
她的嗓音清晰纯净,声振屋宇。
7typical 典型的 [only before noun]typical of a particular style 具有某一典型风格的
His music is pure New York.
他的音乐是典型的纽约风格。
8breed/race 品种/种族bred from only one group or race 血统纯的;纯种的
My husband is pure Japanese and traces his family back 800 years.
我丈夫是纯正的日本人,他的家族可以追溯到800年以前。
The Highland is the oldest and purest breed of cattle in Britain.
苏格兰高地牛是英国最古老最纯正的品种。
9art or study 艺术或学科 [usually before noun]A done according to an accepted standard or pattern 纯粹的,正宗的
Gothic architecture in its purest form
最纯粹的哥特式建筑
10.pure science/maths etcHwork in science etc that increases our knowledge of the subject rather than using it for practicalpurposes 纯科学/数学等
pure chance/luck/coincidence etc• Of the pure luck, or destiny, involved.• Unless she was much mistaken in that young man, pure chance played very little part in his proceedings.• It was pure chance that had brought Jean-Claude to the attic window that same afternoon.• It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file, as I pushed open the window.• It was pure chance that Philip Yale Drew came into the frame.• It is pure coincidence that the date of his birthday was 1st April.• Perhaps it was by pure chance that the other woman had been there, and Matthew was entirely innocent.• The connection was made, forgedbeyond the power of pure chance to explain.
pure water• Each point on the demandcurve shows what the individual would pay for the last unit of purer water.• Flush your plant and rock periodically with pure water.• He gobbled its contents like a thirsty man would the purest water.• They lived on certain kinds of food and drank pure water.• In woodedrecesses were numberlesssprings of pure water and numerous small lakes.• He walked into the brightly-lit kitchen, opened the fridge, took out a bottle of pure water and opened it.• George Burt provided Swanage with a pure watersupply, gas, drainage and a railway.• D 2 D 2 shows the marginalbenefit of purer water to the second individual.
purest form• Indeed, in the purest form, energy need not weigh anything at all!• Teletext and Videotext are two examples of this technology in its purest form, ie no paper.• The ideal time to pursue the sport which many considered to be the purest form of hunting.• But the meteorites were a potentialembarrassment to the purest forms of uniformitarianism.• Music-sharing programs have reduced music to its purest form, one that separates the actual music from the packaging.• This is alienation in its purest form, so why does this book still make me laugh?• In its purest form, suitable for manufacturingbombs, it can also be extremely valuable.• In its purest form, the doctrineadvocated a return to subsistenceeconomy but on a less individualistic and more communal basis.