extreme
adj. 極其的; 極端的; 偏激的; 盡頭的
n. 極端
Extreme means very great in degree or intensity.
The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution.
女孩子們害怕蛇,走路時格外小心。
...people living in extreme poverty.
生活極度貧困的人們
You use extreme to describe situations and behaviour which are much more severe or unusual than you would expect, especially when you disapprove of them because of this.
The extreme case was Poland, where 29 parties won seats...
極端的例子是波蘭,共有29個政黨擁有議席。
It is hard to imagine Lineker capable of anything so extreme...
很難想象萊恩克爾能做出如此極端的事情。
You use extreme to describe opinions, beliefs, or political movements which you disapprove of because they are very different from those that most people would accept as reasonable or normal.
This extreme view hasn't captured popular opinion.
這種偏激的觀點未被大眾接受。
...the racist politics of the extreme right.
極右派的種族主義政治
You can use extremes to refer to situations or types of behaviour that have opposite qualities to each other, especially when each situation or type of behaviour has such a quality to the greatest degree possible.
...a 'middle way' between the extremes of success and failure...
成功和失敗這兩個極端之間的“中間地帶”
They can withstand extremes of temperature and weather without fading or cracking.
它們能夠經受極端的氣溫和天氣狀況而不褪色、不破裂。
The extreme end or edge of something is its furthest end or edge.
...the room at the extreme end of the corridor.
在走廊盡頭的那個房間
...winds from the extreme north.
從極北吹來的風
If a person goes to extremes or takes something to extremes, they do or say something in a way that people consider to be unacceptable, unreasonable, or foolish.
The police went to the extremes of installing the most advanced safety devices in the man's house...
警方採取極端措施,在那個男子家裡安裝了最先進的安全裝置。
The doctor told me not to mention dieting to her in case she took it to the extreme...
醫生告訴我不要跟她提節食的事兒,免得她走極端。
You use in the extreme after an adjective in order to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you want to indicate that it is something which is undesirable or very surprising.
It is proving controversial in the extreme...
事實證明它極具爭議。
Our rows become unhealthy in the extreme.
我們的爭吵變得極其有害。
1. the furthest or highest degree of something;
2. the point located farthest from the middle of something
1. of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity;
2. far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree;
3. beyond a norm in views or actions;
4. most distant in any direction;
extreme, utmost, outermost, farthest, furthest
這些形容詞均有"最遠的"之意。
extremes meet
(諺)兩極亦有相逢時(相反的兩極端之間有許多共同點)
go (或 take something) to extremes
(讓…)走極端
in the extreme
極端,極度;非常
You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog.
在霧中開車要極為小心.
This was an act of extreme brutality.
這是一種極端野蠻的行為.
The old woman is frugal to the extreme.
那老婦人節約到了極點.
He always takes an extreme view.
他總是持極端見解.
Diamonds have extreme resistance to abrasion.
鑽石極抗磨損.
adj. 末端的;最後的
endmostterminallastfinalconclusive
adj. 極端的
exaggeratedexcessiveextravagantradicaloverdonedrastic
其他釋義
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