Mathematics is the science of pure quantity.

数是研究数量科。

I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.

我帮他是出于友情。

The items he makes are purely decorative.

他做那些物品用于装饰。

I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.

看来争论这件事是浪费时间。

I realized he accepted my suggestion for purely sentimental reasons.

我意识到他接受我建出于感情上缘故。

He saw a book on the table and picked it up, idly curious.

他看见桌子上一本书，出于奇而拿了起来。

The Zeitgeist of these centuries operated against the development of a pure science.

这几世纪时代精神阻碍了科展。

I lost your file by pure mischance.

我把你文件丢了，是碰上倒霉事了。

The monarch’s role is purely ceremonial.

君主是个礼仪职位。

In the philosophy of Kant, a concept of reason that is transcendent but nonempirical.

理性概念康德哲中一个超验，非经验理性概念。

This is a purely hypothetical situation.

这是一种假设情景。

"Did you come to Paris for the purpose of simple leisure, or for business purposes?"

"你到巴黎来目是为了休闲,还是为了做生意?"

Her posh accent is pure affectation.

她时髦腔调是矫揉造作。

It was purely a trick question.

这是一个有意捉弄人问题。

It's laziness, pure and simple.

这是懒惰。

Her pains are mostly pure imagination.

她疼痛多半是想像出来东西。

By pure chance he found the rare book he needed in a little second-hand bookshop.

"由于偶然机会,他在一家小旧书店里找到了他所需要那本难得书。"

These changes are purely cosmetic.

这些改变是装饰门面。

Their friendship remained purely platonic.

他们保持着友谊关系。

His ideas are positively antediluvian!

他思想是老古董!