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单词 drastic
释义
drastic
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adj

Something that is drastic is violent, forceful, and extreme. If you are saving for a car and you only have $50, you need to make a drastic change to your money accumulation scheme.
The word drastic comes from the Greek word for effective, but we use it to mean incredibly effective. If you want a drastic makeover, get rid of all your clothes, change your hair completely, and pick up a new way of speaking. Sometimes drastic action goes too far and so has bad consequences. A bankrupt company might make a drastic decision to fire the management without figuring out how to manage itself in the future.
WORD FAMILY
drastic: drastically
USAGE EXAMPLES
Each country pledged to help slash greenhouse-gas emissions, with the goal of avoiding the most drastic effects of global warming in the decades ahead.
Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016)
But despite the drastic surgery, their doctor told them it was unlikely that they would ever be thin.
New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)
I was very hesitant about a drastic step such as removing his anal glands, so I started researching, trying to find alternative causes.
Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016)
adj forceful and extreme and rigorous
drastic measures
Syn
forceful
characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)
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