Was it for their religion, magic or sheer beauty?

是为了他们的宗教信仰、魔法还是纯粹的美丽？

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Incredible images show the sheer beauty of China's rainbow hills.

惊人的照片，表现了中国彩虹山的纯美。

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Till today, I remember some works partly because of the sheer beauty of the language or images but more because of their gems of wisdom.

一直到今天，因为它们优美的文字或影像，我还记得一些作品，但是，最大的原因是它们所表达的智慧。

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It's been drawn out and spatialized. It's as if it's been spatialized into a scene of a beautiful summer's day, and we're left contemplating not the punishment of evil but - I don't know, one of the things we're left contemplating is the sheer beauty of Homeric poetry.

这被描绘出并且空间化了，成为一个,美丽夏日的景象，我们被留予思考的,不是对邪恶的惩罚而是,-我不知道，我们被留予思考的,是荷马风格史诗的十足美好。

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Objects of sheer beauty, they are also expressive metaphors for the bifurcated circumstances of her people.

WSJ: Changing Hands | We Are Here! | Native, North American, New | By Lee Rosenbaum

But most come simply to look, to stand in awe of the sheer beauty of this amazing place.

BBC: The natural wonders of Banff and Jasper National Parks

Some assets, such as timber, may have a market value, but that value does not encompass the trees' role in harbouring rare beetles, say, or their sheer beauty.

ECONOMIST: An invaluable environment