| 单词 | ultimate |
| 释义 | ultimate (once / 169 pages) adjn The last in a series can be described as the ultimate. A cheeky kid, when asked what she wants to be when she grows up, might say, "I want to be an actress, a singer, and a veterinarian, but my ultimate goal is to be President of the United States." A definition for the adjective ultimate is the furthest in space or time or the highest in degree or order. Traveling for business, you are flying first to London, then to Portugal, but your ultimate destination is South Africa. The kids ask you if they can invite friends over to play video games. It's a good idea to reply, "Mom isn't home from work yet and she's ultimate authority on the schedule." WORD FAMILYultimate: ultimacy, ultimately, ultimateness, ultimates USAGE EXAMPLESHe said the conservancy's ultimate plan is to acquire the property — whose market value is a matter of dispute — and manage it for public use. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) “We used to say the ultimate fantasy was to become a music director, and now she’s married to one.” New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) As the ultimate product of the intelligence community’s collection and analytic efforts, the PDB tends to command respect, as some presidential comments reflect. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme the ultimate achievement the ultimate question man's ultimate destiny the ultimate insult one's ultimate goal in life Syn|Ant crowning representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment eventualexpected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating final, last, netconclusive in a process or progression last-ditchof something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster) supremefinal or last in your life or progress proximate closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects immediateimmediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect 2adj being the last or concluding element of a series the ultimate sonata of that opus a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable Syn last coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining 3n the finest or most superior quality of its kind the ultimate in luxury Hyper quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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