pure S3 W3 / pjʊə $ pjʊr / 形容词

1 not mixed [通常用于名词前] a pure substance or material is not mixed with anything 反义词 impure

pure silk/cotton/wool etc

pure wool blankets

rings made of pure gold

Our beef patties are 100% pure .

2 complete [仅用于名词前] complete and total 同义词 sheer :

a work of pure genius

a smile of pure joy

My mother’s life was pure hell.

pure chance/luck/coincidence etc

By pure chance, I met Sir Malcolm that morning.

The chairman dismissed the report as pure speculation.

3 clean clean and not containing anything harmful 反义词 impure :

We had trouble finding a pure water supply.

Up here the air was purer .

4 pure and simple used to emphasize that there is only one thing involved or worth considering :

He wanted revenge, pure and simple.

5 morally good literary without any sexual experience or evil thoughts 反义词 impure :

a pure young girl

They’re too pure and innocent to know what’s really going on.

6 colour or sound very clear and beautiful :

a cloudless sky of the purest blue

Her voice, clear and pure, soared up to the roof.

7 typical [仅用于名词前] typical of a particular style :

His music is pure New York.

8 breed/race bred from only one group or race :

My husband is pure Japanese and traces his family back 800 years.

The Highland is the oldest and purest breed of cattle in Britain.

9 art or study [通常用于名词前] done according to an accepted standard or pattern :

Gothic architecture in its purest form

10 pure science/maths etc work in science etc that increases our knowledge of the subject rather than using it for practical purposes

11 be as pure as the driven snow to be morally perfect – used humorously to say someone is not like this at all

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名词

pure chance/luck He had discovered the truth by pure chance.

pure coincidence It was pure coincidence that I arrived on the same plane.

pure joy/pleasure/delight Lucinda flashed him a smile of pure joy.

pure hatred She remembered the look of pure hatred in his eyes.

pure speculation (= a guess that is not based on any facts ) Most of what you hear is pure speculation.

pure fantasy/fiction (= something that is not true at all ) He dismissed the allegations as ‘pure fantasy’.

pure genius That excuse you came up with was a flash of pure genius.

pure hell He has described this period as ‘pure hell’.