| 单词 | purely |
| 释义 | purely (once / 319 pages) adv Anything described as purely is consistent or restricted in some way. Kids often think of their teachers purely as teachers and can’t imagine them outside the classroom. So they get purely confused when they see a teacher at the store. Something pure is made up of only one thing, like a pure gold ring. When anything is described as purely occurring or existing, it is similarly strict. A purely business-related letter is only business. A purely platonic friendship is not romantic at all. A purely bred dog has been bred only with dogs of the same breed. Someone who wants a dog purely for the sake of companionship will not bother with a purely bred dog. WORD FAMILYpure: impure, purely, pureness, purer, purest, purism, purity+/impure: impurely, impureness, impurer, impurest, impurity/impurity: impurities/purism: purisms, purist/purist: purists/purity: purities USAGE EXAMPLESIn purely economic terms cutting corporation tax may do some good, but for post-Brexit Britain it is at best a distraction. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) The first four chapters attempt to deconstruct the purely materialist view of assets: BBC(Dec 01, 2016) He told us that he could never write purely romantic love songs, as Smokey Robinson and other masters could. The New Yorker(Nov 30, 2016) adv restricted to something Syn strictly |
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