绝对的；惊人的；纯粹的。具体看语境，看几个例句吧：
Perhaps the second-strongest suit a Bard has is the sheer number of skill points he can earn.
或许游吟诗人第二强势的地方就是他那惊人的技能点。
For frontline health workers, a pandemic's severity will boil down to the sheer number of patients and the types of illness they are suffering.
对身处前线的医护人员来说，全球流感的严重性还是要从罹病人数（绝对数字）和他们表现的症状来决定
