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  • Derivatives : n  pureness
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

pure [pjuər]
  1. 1. adjective [+silk, gold, wool] 纯的
  2. 2. adjective [+water, air] (clean) 纯净的
  3. 3. adjective [+woman, girl] (chaste) 纯洁的
  4. 4. adjective [+maths, science, research] (theoretical) 纯理论的
  5. 5. adjective [+coincidence, luck, joy, speculation] (complete) 完全的
    a pure wool jumper
    纯毛套衫
    this is fraud, pure and simple
    这完完全全是欺诈

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

pure [pjυr] [pjuə]
  1. 1. adjective 纯粹的，不搀杂的
    pure maple syrup
    纯槭糖浆
    The shirt is 100% pure silk.
    这件衬衣是纯丝的。
  2. 2. adjective 纯净的，洁净的；无垢的；清洁的
    pure water or air
    洁净水或空气
    The air was pure and fresh in the mountains.
    山上的空气清新而纯净。
  3. 3. adjective 仅仅的；十足的:全然的
    pure luck
    全然是运气
  4. 4. adjective 完全的；绝对的
    Her face had a look of pure sadness.
    她的脸上满是忧伤。
  5. 5. adjective 无暇的；无错的；完美的；纯正的
    He invited me up to his apartment for coffee, but I didn't think that his motives were entirely pure.
    她邀请我去他家楼上喝杯咖啡，但我觉得他的动机不纯。
  6. 6. adjective 无罪的；无错的
  7. 7. adjective 贞洁的；纯洁的
  8. 8. adjective 纯种的；纯血统的
  9. 9. adjective 纯理论的；抽象的
  10. 10. adjective [the bible] 未玷污的
  11. 11. adjective [phonetics] 单纯音的，单元音的
    a pure vowel
    单元音

Collins English-English Dictionary

pure [pjυə]
  1. 1. adj not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc
    pure nitrogen
  2. 2. adj free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome
    pure water
  3. 3. adj free from moral taint or defilement
    pure love
  4. 4. adj [prenominal] (intensifier)
    pure stupidity
    a pure coincidence
  5. 5. adj (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications - Compare applied
    pure mathematics
    pure science
  6. 6. adj (of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal
  7. 7. adj (of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant
  8. 8. adj of supposedly unmixed racial descent
  9. 9. adj [genetics] [biology] breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous
  10. 10. adj [music] (of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones
  11. 11. adj (of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another
  12. 12. adj [Etymology] C13: from Old French pur, from Latin purus unstained
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Examples

a voice of pure gold
金嗓子 → gold
a pure imaginary number
纯虚数 → imaginary number
14-karat gold is 14 parts pure gold and 10 parts alloy.
14开的金是14/24的纯度，10/24合金。 → karat
pure maple syrup
纯槭糖浆 → pure
pure water or air
洁净水或空气 → pure
pure luck
全然是运气 → pure
a pure vowel
单元音 → pure
She was looking at me with a look of pure hate.
她充满怨恨地看着我。
Lily was there, looking at me, with a pure air of innocence. I couldn't say anything!
丽丽在那儿看着我，满脸的无辜。我什么都没法儿说！ → air
The freezing point of pure water is 0°C.
纯净水的冰点是0℃。
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