| 单词 | purely |
| 释义 | purely (pjʊəʳli ) 1. adverb B2 You use purely to emphasize that the thing you are mentioning is the most important feature or that it is the only thing which should be considered. [emphasis] It is a racing machine, designed purely for speed. The government said the moves were purely defensive. Synonyms: absolutely, just, only, completely 2. purely and simply phrase You use purely and simply to emphasize that the thing you are mentioning is the only thing involved. [emphasis] If Arthur was attracted here by the prospects of therapy, John came down purely and simply to make money. The society said the move was 'purely and simply a business decision' aimed at reducing costs. Collocations: based purely on WHEN applying for a balance transfer card, do not get blinkered into picking a deal based purely on the longest interest-free term. The Sun (2015) When a chap buys undies based purely on his own tastes, he is asking for trouble. Times, Sunday Times (2006) To address these challenges, this paper proposes a lightweight robot navigation framework based purely on uncalibrated spherical images. 2017, 'Convolutional Neural Network-Based Robot Navigation Using Uncalibrated Spherical Images', Sensors Police applicants should be judged purely on their abilities. The Sun His reforming credentials cannot be judged purely on rhetoric, however: they have to be assessed against his record. Times, Sunday Times Judged purely on the performance level, yes. Times, Sunday Times She says schools often don't have the time or resources to offer pastoral help and students feel judged purely on results. Times, Sunday Times Papers submitted to journals, on the other hand and at least by intent, are reviewed anonymously and thus judged purely on their content. The Times Literary Supplement Choosing which candidates to accept was a 'purely academic judgment'. Times, Sunday Times This set it apart from, perhaps even above, other disciplines and at the same time made it more than a purely academic discipline. The Times Literary Supplement However, ancient history of this sort will remain purely academic. Times, Sunday Times Replying to her e-mail entreaties, he was emphatic that any relationship be purely academic, a position she found difficult to accept. Globe and Mail She pinpoints the difference between purely academic studies of 'carnal sociology' and 'sociology from the body'. The Times Literary Supplement A good head delegates purely administrative responsibilities to others as much as possible. Christianity Today His former boss, however, claimed he had been lying when he said he only held purely administrative responsibility for the teams. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As part of this meeting, they also added the concept of a region, a purely administrative level that was not part of the addressing scheme. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They performed a purely administrative, rather than tactical, role; the normal tactical headquarters were provided by brigades commanding two, later usually three, regiments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The position of county judge was made a purely administrative position, and the office was renamed county judge/executive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We've got units cutting all these services for what are purely economic reasons in the short term. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Once they are in a political union you can't treat them in a purely economic way. Times, Sunday Times (2015) That determination was based on more than purely economic factors: it was pride. Times, Sunday Times (2015) So he would prefer a purely emotional, instinctive response to the work rather than any searching for themes and insights? Times, Sunday Times I had a purely emotional response. Times, Sunday Times To try to read down section 1(2) to limit its effect to purely emotional matters as the judge had sought to do would be purely arbitrary. Times, Sunday Times I suspect many collectors start with a purely emotional purchase, but then the game becomes intellectual — and about possession. Times, Sunday Times If references are required, these may be purely historical. Times, Sunday Times But the play works on a purely historical level, too. Times, Sunday Times This isn't a matter of purely historical interest. Times, Sunday Times These have to be more than purely historical questions. Times, Sunday Times Recent studies have led scholars to distinguish between the traditions touching legal matters and the purely historical ones. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Christianity Today They have remained sensitive to the need to keep football different and superior by having (a) no interruptions and (b) purely human control of play. Times, Sunday Times But the intelligence was purely human. The Sun From a purely human point of view, there are only two really good reasons not to worry: (1) it's bad for us and (2) it doesn't do any good. Christianity Today The work highlights the beauty of scientific inquiry by revealing those purely human dimensions which underlie our concepts of ecology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The survey also found that 13 per cent of adults see humans as 'purely material beings with no spiritual element'. Times, Sunday Times The verdict: it's by far the most luxurious we've reviewed and, in purely material terms, it's outstanding value. Times, Sunday Times Of course, the report really worth conducting would be into the cost to the lifetime supporter in emotional terms, rather than in purely material ones. Times, Sunday Times They believed that all economic concerns, being purely material, were unworthy of their consideration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most people, whether they articulate it or not, view the world given to them in sight and touch as material, while they consider themselves to transcend that purely material status. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By then, however, fans had come to believe that his talent was not purely natural. Times, Sunday Times It's almost all purely natural. The Sun Locks worn for stylish reasons are sometimes referred to as bathroom locks, to distinguish them from the kind that are purely natural. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They believe that human beings ascribe supernatural attributes to purely natural events, such as lightning, rainbows, floods, and the origin of life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The colours used to make kolam are purely natural. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also supported a test that was not purely objective; regard could be had to what was reasonably seen as unfavourable by the person affected. Times, Sunday Times Some authors believe that the sole criterion that the test of habitual residence should be purely objective, seeking evidence of physical presence over a considerable period of time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He will put down the greatest number of possible planes: to purely objective truth he wishes to add a new truth, born from what his intelligence permits him to know. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In purely physical terms nothing but the basics are discussed. Times, Sunday Times So, while we might not be inclined to call this ability 'perfect pitch,'; from a purely physical perspective, it's the exact same thing. Christianity Today The next stage was purely physical, rekindling her fitness after such a long absence from the game. Times, Sunday Times Call me shallow, but the initial attraction was purely physical. The Sun He has never been satisfied to view dance as a purely physical discipline; for him, a body in motion reflects cognitive activity in the brain. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, in our present curious situation, purely political sanctions would come too late. Times, Sunday Times The others are somewhat more geopolitical if not purely political and ideological. Times, Sunday Times So far the problems are purely political and mostly prospective. Times, Sunday Times It was a fudge, a publicity stunt, purely political. Times, Sunday Times Cynics saw this as a purely political decision driven by the timing of the election. Times, Sunday Times And such a moral responsibility, by its very nature, cannot be reduced to a purely private matter. Christianity Today It was not, as a matter of interpretation, confined to any exclusive field of purely private charitable activity, unaffected by any of the other regulations. Times, Sunday Times It stands alone as a purely private matter capable of instantly destroying my ministry. Christianity Today These artful dodgers of sport seem to work by a purely private theory of physics, or at any rate, one too advanced for most of us. Times, Sunday Times How vile for someone who has never sought public office or the limelight for herself to have her words in a purely private capacity exposed to the gawping of millions. Times, Sunday Times His actions are not personal - they are purely professional. The Sun Suddenly realising that could be taken the wrong way, he quickly added that he meant it in a purely professional sense, of course. Times, Sunday Times Keep your relationship purely professional from now on and end things now. The Sun I know it will be hard but tell her your relationship must be purely professional from now on. The Sun From now on keep all conversation with him purely professional. The Sun She cautions against falling into the trap of reading them within a purely psychological context. The Times Literary Supplement Others claim second winds are due to endorphin production, while still others believe it to be purely psychological. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several researchers in the field, while investigating variables from all three models, have expressed reservations towards explanations that are purely psychological or physiological. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He aims to become the purely rational investor by 'ruthlessly driving emotion' out of his investment choices. Times, Sunday Times It's a play that really hits the unconscious because it can't be reduced to a purely rational, intellectual place. Times, Sunday Times Besides, we are not purely rational beings. Times, Sunday Times Yet around certain individuals you pretend to be purely rational. Times, Sunday Times A purely rational organism would sit on the fence all the time to avoid being hurt. Times, Sunday Times The voyage proved to be purely recreational due to the inability of finding facilities and lack of instruments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This park recently became the subject of a controversy, regarding its use as a purely recreational park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Also, there was the concern that this was a purely recreational unnecessary project and not for flood control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The overriding rule remains that courts cannot intrude into purely religious decisions. Christianity Today The denominational schools could also refuse admission of a student or the hiring of a qualified teacher on purely religious grounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The devices are now required to carry a disclaimer saying that they are a purely religious artifact. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Education was carried out for almost purely religious purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students may think as they wish -- and this thinking can be purely religious in nature or purely secular in nature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So, if you don't mind purely rhetorical and foreign-policy leftism, that's reassuring. Times, Sunday Times The question was purely rhetorical. Times, Sunday Times He speaks a pop vocabulary which resembles the automatic writing process of the surrealist tradition with purely rhetorical processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One would not be expected to give a purely scientific lecture to an audience not composed of research scientists. Times, Sunday Times Weather was no longer to be presented as a purely scientific or abstract phenomenon. Times, Sunday Times Although he was a dedicated reader of great literature from an early age, his professional education was purely scientific. Times, Sunday Times And a feeling of powerlessness can promote fears that are quite irrational from a purely scientific standpoint. Times, Sunday Times In addition to gaining purely scientific knowledge, this expedition also had a social and cultural aim: to create wider agricultural cooperation and public collaboration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From a purely secular point of view, they see no future at all. Times, Sunday Times On the other hand, courts retain jurisdiction on 'purely secular' matters, i.e., non-doctrinal disputes which can be resolved by employing neutral principles of law. Christianity Today The claimant was employed in a public job and was working for a public authority; her task was purely secular. Times, Sunday Times This makes vocation sound purely secular and can make us believe that vocation and career are synonymous, when in fact our vocations may have nothing to do with our careers. Christianity Today The court said that the purpose of the event was purely secular (to increase tourism and shopping in the city), and that was determinative. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To that degree the marriage seems to have been a purely selfish stratagem. Times, Sunday Times There should be absolutely no negotiation on this, no wish for a 'greater understanding' of the club managers' grievances, which are purely selfish. Times, Sunday Times From a purely selfish perspective, this might make sense, but beggar-my-neighbour policies amplify the challenges faced by others. Times,Sunday Times It's nice from a purely selfish point of view to feel that this pleasure can also be of some small use. Times, Sunday Times There's no involvement with a partner, no emotional attachment - it's a purely selfish act, designed to give you release. The Sun Consider tucking away on a purely speculative basis. Times, Sunday Times We now know that this surge in commodity prices was a purely speculative phenomenon, unrelated to any real shortages of supply. Times, Sunday Times Both were found to be unnecessary to cater for the purely speculative possibility that a line of defence might emerge. Times, Sunday Times From this angle, the drama didn't seem purely speculative. Times, Sunday Times Estate agents said the rise was unlikely to damage the house price recovery, although they added that the increase should also help to curb purely speculative property investment. Times, Sunday Times He, too, identifies humanity with rationality, with something purely spiritual. Christianity Today Such a conclusion would require a civil court to affirm questions of purely spiritual and doctrinal obligation. Christianity Today In this way their influence was purely spiritual and moral. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its function was purely spiritual: to bring the monks to meditate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He regarded creation itself as a purely spiritual process, falling wholly within the realm of affection and thought. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In purely statistical terms, they were right. Times, Sunday Times It strange volume, purely statistical, fascinatingly so. Times, Sunday Times Some erosion models are purely statistical, others more mechanistic (or physically based). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has even been suggested that individuals vote for centrist parties for purely statistical reasons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their predictive power tends to be less than, or similar to, purely statistical models beyond time horizons of 1015 days. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first part was not a purely subjective exercise but failure to arrive at the right consideration could be challenged on usual public law grounds. Times, Sunday Times They claimed the selection of athletes made no sense and was purely subjective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are purely subjective judgments, based on inclination alone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The management component provides examiners with objective, and not purely subjective, indicators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He considered that there was no objective way to define the requirements of justice and that invocations of justice cloaked purely subjective preferences or unacceptable metaphysical claims. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The compensation which our lawyer requested from the three accused, and which was granted during the trial, was purely symbolic. The Sun The line-up of mostly second-rate candidates for a four-week fight means that there will be plenty of opportunity for mudslinging and muckraking over a purely symbolic post. Times, Sunday Times The move may be purely symbolic. Times, Sunday Times In time, the title became purely symbolic, and faded out of use during the 19th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His act was purely symbolic; he would never be drafted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On that purely technical measure, a recession now seems inevitable. Times,Sunday Times The examples you gave all had to do with purely technical processes. Christianity Today The case for free trade came to be argued in purely technical terms. The Times Literary Supplement As you can tell, purely technical golfing reasons drew me to that grandstand. Times, Sunday Times While not purely technical, law and business school are studies well-loved by university administrators who want to focus on 'practical learning'. The Times Literary Supplement The tragedy may have been purely theoretical but it hurt. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It is no good just studying purely theoretical subjects that have little to do with the world of work. The Sun (2008) We know from recent history that it's not a purely theoretical risk. Times, Sunday Times (2016) What happens at the coalface in medicine affects the research chosen, so that it is more than purely theoretical. Times, Sunday Times (2010) If you have no evidence that your job and lifestyle have caused distress or disadvantage to the family, your worries seem to be purely theoretical. Get the Best out of the Rest of Your Life (1990) In purely utilitarian terms, which outcome would bring the greatest good to the greatest number? Times, Sunday Times Archaeological evidence suggests that they ritually buried their dead and made cave paintings, acts which have no purely utilitarian value. Times,Sunday Times Developed originally for purely utilitarian reasons and enabling a geographically limited trade, the best of these processed products persist today in gourmet foods such as smoked salmon and gravlax. The Times Literary Supplement Initially the items were purely utilitarian such as tools, locks, horseshoes and tools. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At first, the laces were purely utilitarian: seaming laces (insertions) joining narrow widths of fabric, and toothed or scalloped laces reinforcing the edges (edgings). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A wide survey of the pop wave, from the purely visual to the (mostly) practical. Times, Sunday Times Much of his other writing, based on walking the streets alone and working from purely visual clues, lacks this human depth. The Times Literary Supplement Very few silent films are 'purely visual'. Times, Sunday Times This longevity must in large part be connected to purely visual appeal. Times, Sunday Times Items are purely visual and do not give bonus stats. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Or will it be a purely voluntary arrangement? Times, Sunday Times Church and cathedral services, however, are normally free to all, although a purely voluntary collection may be taken. Times, Sunday Times Education beyond this point should be purely voluntary. Times, Sunday Times It has always been purely voluntary. Christianity Today The heavy workload that would be involve would be purely voluntary. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The days when a sports body could rely purely on television and sponsorship revenues are gone. ST Now he will have to rely purely on argument and, a little, on stronger growth. Times, Sunday Times Garden skinks rely purely on the movement of their prey when hunting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Reading the sky like a book, they rely purely on their education and instincts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With no repayment strategy, they are relying purely on capital appreciation and then selling at the right time. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 纯粹地 Japanese: 完全に |
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