3ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]纯净的;纯正的;完美的 If you describe something such as a colour, a sound, or a type of light as pure, you mean that it is very clear and represents a perfect example of its type. 纯净的;纯正的;完美的
...flowers in a whole range of blues with the occasional pure white.
各种深深浅浅的蓝色花朵,偶尔有纯白色花朵点缀其间
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The soaring purity of her voice conjured up the frozen bleakness of the Far North.
她高昂纯净的嗓音使人想起极北地区滴水成冰的寒冷与清冽。
4ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]纯粹的;标准的;真正的 If you describe a form of art or a philosophy as pure, you mean that it is produced or practised according to a standard or form that is expected of it. 纯粹的;标准的;真正的 [formal]
Nicholson never swerved from his aim of making pure and simple art.
尼科尔森始终坚持创作纯粹简单的艺术,从未动摇过。
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...verse of great purity, sonority of rhythm, and symphonic form.
节奏铿锵有力、气势恢宏、地道纯正的诗句
5ADJ [ADJ n](科学或研究)纯理论的,抽象的Pure science or pure research is concerned only with theory and not with how this theory can be used in practical ways. (科学或研究)纯理论的,抽象的
Physics isn't just about pure science with no immediate applications.
物理学并非只是一门不能直接运用的纯科学。
They did not approach their subject solely as a matter of 'pure' theory.
7ADJ-GRADED 纯洁的;清白的;贞洁的 A person, especially a woman, who is described as pure is considered to be morally good, especially because they have no sexual experience or sexual thoughts. 纯洁的;清白的;贞洁的 [literary]
She was baptized and she was pure and clean of sin.
接受了洗礼的她纯洁无瑕。
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The American Female Reform Society promoted sexual purity.
“美国女性改革社团”倡导性贞洁。
8PHRASE [n PHRASE, PHRASE n]完全的;纯粹的;不折不扣的 You use pure and simple to emphasize that the thing you are mentioning is the only thing that is involved or that should be considered. 完全的;纯粹的;不折不扣的 [emphasis]
It's blackmail, pure and simple.
这纯粹是敲诈。
Quotations
My strength is as the strength of ten Because my heart is pureAlfred, Lord TennysonSir Galahad
Unto the pure all things are pureBible: II Timothy