pure是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not mixed with anything else -- 純的，不摻雜的

  • a pure cotton shirt 純棉襯衫

  • pure orange juice 純柳橙汁

  • pure English honey 純英格蘭蜂蜜

  • a pure Arab horse 純種阿拉伯馬

  • a swan's pure white plumage 天鵝的純白色羽毛

  • the pure vocal tones of the choirboy 唱詩班男童純淨的嗓音

  • The mountain air was wonderfully pure. 山上的空氣極為純淨。

  • Tap water is never chemically pure. 自來水絕對不是化學意義上的純水。

• 1 complete; only -- 完全的，純粹的，十足的

  • It was pure coincidence/chance that we met. 我們見面純屬巧合。

  • This last month has been pure hell. 上個月是十足的地獄。

  • Her face had a look of pure delight. 她滿臉的愉悅。

  • The president dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation. 總統將這篇新聞報導斥為純粹的臆測。

  • pure mathematics 理論數學，純數學

  • pure economics 理論經濟學

  • He is motivated by greed, pure and simple. 他完全是被貪婪所驅使。

• 2 behaving in a way that is morally good, especially in things related to sex -- 純潔的；無邪的；清白的；貞潔的

  • I'm trying to think only pure thoughts. 我正試圖保持思想純潔，沒有邪念。

  • He invited me up to his flat for coffee, but I didn't think that his motives were entirely pure. 他邀請我去他的公寓喝咖啡，但我認為他動機不單純。

  • In many cultures, it is considered important for a woman to keep herself pure (= not to have sex) until she marries. 許多文化很注重女性在婚前要保持貞潔。