题目

问一个英文单词在句中的意思?
.but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.The sheer size of growth is bad enough,but there are now also very disturbing signs of trouble in the comparison of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry .前面的大意是说,城市扩张速度快,之类的.
问第二句的The sheer size of .中的sheer意思是什么?
前面的意思是有些城市以8倍的速度扩张....请帮忙把后一句话翻译出来，好不？

提问时间：2020-11-07

答案

adj.纯的；全然的；没有搀杂的
就是纯粹的增长,净增长
The sheer size of growth is bad enough,but there are now also very disturbing signs of trouble in the comparison of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry .
纯粹的面积增长足够的糟糕了,然而目前有一个十分烦扰的问题迹象,就是针对于居住在城镇人口百分比与从事工业工作的人百分比的比较.