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pure

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pure /pjʊə $ pjʊr/ ●●● S3 W3 adjectiveadj
1  not mixed 非混合的 [usually before noun]PURE a pure substance or material is not mixed with anything 純的，純淨的 OPP impure
pure silk/cotton/wool etc
pure wool blankets
純羊毛毯
rings made of pure gold
純金制成的戒指
Our beef patties are 100% pure.
我們的牛肉餅是100%的純牛肉。
2  COMPLETELYcomplete 完全的 [only before noun] complete and total 完全的；純粹的 SYN sheer
a work of pure genius
絕對的天才之作
a smile of pure joy
由衷的微笑
My mother’s life was pure hell.
我母親的生活簡直糟透了。
pure chance/luck/coincidence etc
By pure chance, I met Sir Malcolm that morning.
純屬偶然，那天早上我碰到了馬爾科姆爵士。
The chairman dismissed the report as pure speculation.
主席對那份報告不屑一顧，認爲純屬臆斷。
3  clean 幹淨的CLEAN clean and not containing anything harmful 純淨的，潔淨的，無有害物質的 OPP impure
We had trouble finding a pure water supply.
我們很難找到潔淨的水源。
Up here the air was purer.
這上面的空氣更純淨。
► see thesaurus at clean
4  pure and simple REASONused to emphasize that there is only one thing involved or worth considering 完全，不折不扣 〔用來強調只有一件事有關系或值得考慮〕
He wanted revenge, pure and simple.
他一心只想報複。
Examples from the Corpus
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 Middle East 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, saving Stone until last.• The first is pure and simple file transfer.• A gratuitous promise, pure and simple, remains unenforceable unless given under seal.• But lineage pure and simple was not the only consideration.
5  morally good 道德上無瑕疵的HONEST literary without any sexual experience or evil thoughts 純潔的，貞潔的，無邪的，清白的 OPP impure
a pure young girl
純潔的少女
They’re too pure and innocent to know what’s really going on.
他們太純潔太天真了，不了解實際上發生了什麽。
6  colour or sound 顔色或聲音CC very clear and beautiful 純正的，無雜色的，清晰而優美的
a cloudless sky of the purest blue
碧藍無雲的天空
Her voice, clear and pure, soared up to the roof.
她的嗓音清晰純淨，聲振屋宇。
7  typical 典型的 [only before noun] typical of a particular style 具有某一典型風格的
His music is pure New York.
他的音樂是典型的紐約風格。
8  breed/race 品種/種族 bred from only one group or race 血統純的；純種的
My husband is pure Japanese and traces his family back 800 years.
我丈夫是純正的日本人，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.
蘇格蘭高地牛是英國最古老最純正的品種。
9  art or study 藝術或學科 [usually before noun]A done according to an accepted standard or pattern 純粹的，正宗的
Gothic architecture in its purest form
最純粹的哥特式建築
10. pure science/maths etc Hwork in science etc that increases our knowledge of the subject rather than using it for practical purposes 純科學/數學等
Examples from the Corpus
pure science/maths etc• Critics have argued that an excessive commercial focus will lead researchers to ignore pure science.• She was also a physicist, one of the rare female students to study pure science.• This was to be a contribution to pure science, altogether elegant.• I breezed right through the first two years of pure science courses.• The ruthless convenience of the pure science of lust?• The question is, will Congress pay that much for pure science, with no clear technological benefit attached?
11. be as pure as the driven snow PERFECTto be morally perfect – used humorously to say someone is not like this at all 像白雪一樣純潔，〔道德上〕完美無瑕〔谑指與此根本不符的人〕
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n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: complete and total
nouns
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’.
Examples from the Corpus
pure• The cocaine was 95% pure.• When it first comes out of the ground, the oil is not very pure.• Crude cocaine is only about 25 percent pure.• The bottle contained 4 litres of pure alcohol.• Our burgers are made of 100% pure beef.• Clothes made of pure cotton are much cooler than those made of mixed fibers.• pure drinking water• And research on pure electrics powered by exotic new battery systems is promising.• The ideal time to pursue the sport which many considered to be the purest form of hunting.• Under the 1990 reforms, districts will be financed on a pure formula basis too.• And the closing bloodbath is pure Grand Guignol.• The pure, hot contempt I now felt for him warmed me.• It was by pure luck that we found the place.• It felt good to get away from the city and breathe in some pure mountain air.• In terms of pure natural ability, Rick's the best athlete on the team.• At one extreme are pure, natural ecosystems like an alpine meadow or a mangrove swamp.• I'm sure he had the purest of motives.• Pure olive oil is usually light gold in color.• pure orange juice• a pure tenor voice• These flowers also come in pure white.• The water in the lake is so pure you can drink it.
pure silk/cotton/wool etc• My first impression of the machine was that it was pure silk.• Prices start at $ 20 for acetate shades and go up to several hundred dollars for pure silk.• Shapes are kept simple - shirts and T-shirts - and fabrics are pure cotton or silk.• Hair is a marvellous natural fibre - you could almost compare it to pure silk thread.• Her black hair was immaculate, and the pure silk violet dress fitted to perfection.• Her napkin was of pure silk with a neatly monogrammed corner.• A Casual, short sleeved shirt in pure silk with the fashionable sand-washed finish that feels so luxurious to the touch.
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, forged beyond the power of pure chance to explain.
pure water• Each point on the demand curve 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 wooded recesses were numberless springs 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 water supply, gas, drainage and a railway.• D 2 D 2 shows the marginal benefit 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 potential embarrassment 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 manufacturing bombs, it can also be extremely valuable.• In its purest form, the doctrine advocated a return to subsistence economy but on a less individualistic and more communal basis.
Origin pure
(1200-1300) Old French pur, from Latin purus

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