extreme
- adj. 極端的;極度的;偏激的;盡頭的
- n. 極端;末端;最大程度;極端的事物
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
extra-, 外面的,超過(guò)的。-m, 最高級(jí)后綴,見intimate, ultimate.
英英釋意
- 1. the furthest or highest degree of something;
- "he carried it to extremes"
- 2. the point located farthest from the middle of something
英文詞源
- extreme
- extreme: [15] Etymologically, extreme is the latinate equivalent of the native English utmost. It comes via Old French extreme from Latin extrēmus ‘farthest, last, excessive’, which began life as a superlative form based on Latin ex ‘out’ – hence originally ‘most out, utmost’. The underlying notion of ‘furthest outlying’ still survives in, for example, the use of extremities for the ‘hands’ or ‘feet’.
- extreme (adj.)
- early 15c., "outermost, farthest;" also "utter, total, in greatest degree" (opposed to moderate), from Old French extreme (13c.), from Latin extremus "outermost, utmost, farthest, last; the last part; extremity, boundary; highest or greatest degree," superlative of exterus (see exterior). In English as in Latin, not always felt as a superlative, hence more extreme, most extreme (which were condemned by Johnson). Extreme unction preserves the otherwise extinct sense of "last, latest" (15c.).
- extreme (n.)
- 1540s, "utmost point of a thing," from extreme (adj.); originally of the end of life (compare Latin in extremis in reference to the "last stages of life"). Phrase in the extreme "in an extreme degree" attested from c. 1600. Hence extremes "extremities, opposite ends of anything" (1550s); also "extreme measures" (1709).
同義詞辨析
extreme, utmost, outermost, farthest, furthest
這些形容詞均有"最遠(yuǎn)的"之意。
extreme: 普通用詞,指最遠(yuǎn)的意思時(shí),與farthest和outermost含義相當(dāng)。
utmost: 較正式用詞,指最遠(yuǎn)部分或最遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)。
outermost: 指離中心最遠(yuǎn)的或指一個(gè)平面或物體最外邊的部分。
farthest是far的最高級(jí)形式,指最大的距離。
furthest與farthest相比,除指數(shù)量或程度上的最多或最大。
考試真題
- Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable to eating disorders resulting from occupational demands to maintain extreme thinness.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- And now, most of the British public is familiar even with the extremes of Heston BlumenthaPs molecular gastronomy, a form of cooking that employs scientific methods to create the perfect dish.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
- At the other extreme are people who live only for today.
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
- You maybe surprise to hear me say that if you must pick an extreme I think it's better to pick the spend-all approach
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
- A dedicated USPS employee was on the job carrying out duties in spite of extreme conditions.
2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- As global surface temperatures increase, so does the likelihood of extreme weather.
2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- If the destruction is extreme, mail addressed to the area will get sent elsewhere.
2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- They can lead to extreme rain in parts of North and South America, even as southern Africa experiences dry weather.
2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A
- They feel extreme mental or physical pain without drugs.
2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C
- It is estimated that extreme weather conditions have endangered the lives of millions of African children.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- We, of course, need to pay attention to youngsters who are filled with discontent and hostility, but we should not allow these extreme cases to distort our view of most young people.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- South Korea opened its second Antarctic research base in 2014, describing it as a way to test robots developed by Korean researchers for use in extreme conditions.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- But the study warns that it is teenagers who engage in all three of these practices in the extreme who are truly in jeopardy.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- In the extreme, some critics have said that making treatment decisions based on cost is a form of rationing.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- Confronted with such facts,some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitate(被吸引) toward gendered play.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
- Extreme weather and reckless development arc plotting against the rain forest in ways that scientists have never seen.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- This exploitation has reached such extremes that presently it appears that some hundreds of thousands of species will be extinguished before the end of the century.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- The earth will experience extreme weathers.
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
- We have several models that are especially adaptive for extreme conditions
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
- So in a sense, you cope between two extremes.
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
- Bottom line, if you think you need more protein in your diet, consider these questions: Are you an extreme athlete; are you recovering from injury or surgery; or are you 60 years or older?
2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- But the study warns that it is teenagers who engage in all three of these practices in the extreme who are truly in jeopardy.
2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C
- But, he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them.
2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C
- Extreme athletes expend lots of energy breaking down and repairing and building muscles.
2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- Extreme conditions produce extremely tough plants.
2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B
- Extreme events, however, will continue to occur.
2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C
- He says extreme events will continue.
2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C
- If you're moderately exercising for 150 minutes a week, as the Centers for disease Control and Prevention recommends, or less than that, you're probably not an extreme athlete.
2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- In the extreme, some critics have said that making treatment decisions based on cost is a form of rationing .
2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C
- One useful way is to distinguish between three degrees of poverty—extreme poverty,moderate poverty, and relative poverty.
2017年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section C
- Pipitone says, such as if you're an extreme endurance athlete, training for a marathon, or you're a body builder.
2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- She is hard at work finding a way to take traits from rare wild plants that adapt to extreme dry weather and use them in food crops.
2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B
- The extreme isolation of these massive farms leaves them often unattended, and monitored only once or twice a year, which means if the livestock falls ill or requires assistance, it can be a long time for farmers to discover.
2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C
- Boldness — a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme—is not one that can be acquired overnight.
2015年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- However, be careful not to go to extremes.
2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 語(yǔ)法填空 原文
- It was a change that took place without being noticed though it was of the extreme importance, a spiritual change which affected the whole state.
2015年高考英語(yǔ)江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- Little kids and the elderly are the ones who have suffered the most from this extreme heat wave.
2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 聽力 原文
- Perhaps most of us aren't as extreme at fault-finding, but when we're honest, we can be sharply critical of the world.
2015年高考英語(yǔ)福建卷 完形填空 原文
- To help our audience have a better understanding of this extreme weather, we have invited prof.
2017年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷1 聽力 原文
- When he handed the medicine to the next musher, shannon‘s face was black from the extreme cold.
2016年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 完形填空 原文
- In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything-a single generative equation for all we see.
出自-2012年考研翻譯原文
- Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.
出自-2014年考研翻譯原文
- The parliament also agreed to ban websites that “incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- The parliament also agreed to ban websites that "incite excessive thinness" by promoting extreme dieting.
2016年考研真題(英語(yǔ)一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
詞組搭配
extremes meet
(proverb)opposite extremes have much in common
(諺)兩極亦有相逢時(shí)(相反的兩極端之間有許多共同點(diǎn))
go (或 take something) to extremes
take an extreme course of action; do something to an extreme degree
(讓…)走極端
they took a commendable anti-ageist policy to extremes.
他們將反年齡歧視這一值得稱贊的政策推向了極致。
in the extreme
to an extreme degree
極端,極度;非常
the reasoning was convoluted in the extreme.
這一推理讓人極為費(fèi)解。
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- The journey would be dangerous in the extreme.
- 這段旅程將會(huì)是極其危險(xiǎn)的。
牛津詞典
- extremes of cold, wind or rain
- 嚴(yán)寒、狂風(fēng)、驟雨
牛津詞典
- It's embarrassing the extremes he'll go to in order to impress his boss.
- 他為了給上司留下深刻印象,不惜走極端,真令人難堪。
牛津詞典
- Taken to extremes, this kind of behaviour can be dangerous.
- 這種行為如果走向極端則可能是非常危險(xiǎn)的。
牛津詞典
- Kerry is in the extreme west of Ireland.
- 凱里位于愛爾蘭的最西端。
牛津詞典
- She sat on the extreme edge of her seat.
- 她坐在座位最邊上。
牛津詞典
- extremes of love and hate
- 愛和恨兩種截然不同的感情
牛津詞典
- He used to be very shy, but now he's gone to the opposite extreme (= changed from one extreme kind of behaviour to another) .
- 他以前很靦腆,現(xiàn)在卻走向了另一個(gè)極端。
牛津詞典
- extreme left-wing/right-wing views
- 極左 / 極右觀點(diǎn)
牛津詞典
- The heat in the desert was extreme.
- 沙漠中極其炎熱。
牛津詞典
- Children will be removed from their parents only in extreme circumstances .
- 只有在極端情況下才會(huì)讓孩子離開父母。
牛津詞典
- Don't go doing anything extreme like leaving the country.
- 千萬(wàn)不要做出諸如離開國(guó)家之類的極端行為。
牛津詞典
- It was the most extreme example of cruelty to animals I had ever seen.
- 這是我見過(guò)的最嚴(yán)重的虐待動(dòng)物的事例。
牛津詞典
- extreme weather conditions
- 極端惡劣的天氣狀況
牛津詞典
- people living in extreme poverty
- 生活在極度貧困中的人
牛津詞典
- We are working under extreme pressure at the moment.
- 目前我們正在極大的壓力下工作。
牛津詞典
- ...the racist politics of the extreme right.
- 極右派的種族主義政治
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...a 'middle way' between the extremes of success and failure...
- 成功和失敗這兩個(gè)極端之間的“中間地帶”
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- They can withstand extremes of temperature and weather without fading or cracking.
- 它們能夠經(jīng)受極端的氣溫和天氣狀況而不褪色、不破裂。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...the room at the extreme end of the corridor.
- 在走廊盡頭的那個(gè)房間
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...winds from the extreme north.
- 從極北吹來(lái)的風(fēng)
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The police went to the extremes of installing the most advanced safety devices in the man's house...
- 警方采取極端措施,在那個(gè)男子家里安裝了最先進(jìn)的安全裝置。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The doctor told me not to mention dieting to her in case she took it to the extreme...
- 醫(yī)生告訴我不要跟她提節(jié)食的事兒,免得她走極端。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- It is proving controversial in the extreme...
- 事實(shí)證明它極具爭(zhēng)議。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Our rows become unhealthy in the extreme.
- 我們的爭(zhēng)吵變得極其有害。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- This extreme view hasn't captured popular opinion.
- 這種偏激的觀點(diǎn)未被大眾接受。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution.
- 女孩子們害怕蛇,走路時(shí)格外小心。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- ...people living in extreme poverty.
- 生活極度貧困的人們
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The extreme case was Poland, where 29 parties won seats...
- 極端的例子是波蘭,共有29個(gè)政黨擁有議席。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- 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。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典