英语词汇“ultimate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	ultimate
释义	ul·ti·mate I. \ˈəltəmə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin ultimatus completed, last, final, from Late Latin, past participle of ultimare to come to an end, be last, from Latin ultimus farthest, furthest, last, final, superl. of (assumed) ulter situated beyond — more at ulterior 1. a. : most remote in space or time : farthest, earliest < man's ultimate destiny > < ultimate origins > < faded farther and farther away into ultimate distance — Hugh Walpole > b. : last in a progression : final < swallowing the ultimate crumb of gingerbread — Elinor Wylie > < this ultimate book of my autobiography — Osbert Sitwell > c. : eventual < saw no hope of any ultimate escape — R.L.Stevenson > < endurance based on a serene faith in ultimate rescue — W.J.Ghent > d. : extreme, utmost < at the ultimate rakish angle, she wore a black … beret — Raymond Chandler > < certainty of an ultimate act — murder — Frederic Morton > < not averse to immense sacrifice — even to the ultimate sacrifice — if it will win the war — Journal American Medical Association > 2. a. : tended toward by all that precedes : arrived at as the last result < ultimate truths > < consideration of the ultimate questions of religion — McCormick Theological Seminary Cat. > < the fugue was considered the ultimate vehicle for profound musical expression — A.E.Wier > b. : finally reckoned < the ultimate damage of that hurricane was not known for weeks — Marjory S. Douglas > c. : using an economic good in a way that diminishes or destroys its utility < ultimate buyer > < ultimate consumer > < ultimate purchaser > 3. a. : basic, fundamental, original, primitive < the English alphabet … owes its ultimate origin to the Phoenician — Norbert Wiener > < ultimate title to the soil — D.E.Clark > < the ultimate control of education — General Education in a Free Society > < the ultimate nature of things — A.N.Whitehead > b. : incapable of further analysis, division, or separation < the ultimate ingredients of matter — James Jeans > c. : elemental 2a(2) < ultimate analysis > < ultimate composition > 4. : maximum < ultimate speeds which may be attained by airplanes in the future — H.G.Armstrong > — used. especially of strain, strength, or stress at the instant of breaking or rupture < the ultimate strength of any concrete structure — Building, Estimating & Contracting > Synonyms: see last II. noun (-s) 1. : something that is ultimate : something final or fundamental < search for ultimates and grand generalizations ends in a universality devoid of all content — E.H.Eby > < an absurdity … carried to its ultimate — W.H.Camp > 2. : acme, peak, last word < an automobile that is the ultimate in luxurious transportation > III. \-ˌmāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* : to come to an end or issue : eventuate, end *transitive verb* : to bring to an end or issue
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