英语词汇“extreme”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	extreme
释义	ex·treme I. \ikˈstrēm, ekˈ-, in “extreme unction”often ÷ˌek-(ˌ)strēm\ adjective (often -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin extremus, superl. of exter, exterus on the outside, outward — more at exterior 1. a. : existing in the highest or the greatest possible degree : very great : very intense < living in extreme poverty > < the extreme cold of the polar regions > b. : marked by great severity or violence : most severe : most stringent : drastic, desperate < resorting to extreme measures to combat crime > < an extreme action that crushed their spirits > c. (1) : going to great or exaggerated lengths : uncompromising, radical, fanatical < he was quite extreme in his views on the matter > (2) : going beyond the limits of reason, necessity, or propriety : immoderate < avidly following the most extreme fashion in clothes > < a religion whose tenets were austere and extreme > : exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected : excessive < an extreme descent > d. : having an implied or specified characteristic to the fullest possible extent < the nature of real need can be studied best in extreme cases > < in politics he sits at the extreme right > 2. archaic : last, final < thy extreme hope, the loveliest and the last — P.B.Shelley > 3. a. : situated at the farthest possible point from a center : most remote : farthest, outermost < the extreme edge of the city > < traveling to the extreme borders of the country > < an extreme outpost > b. : situated at the very tip of either of two ends (as of a line) < the extreme end of the road > 4. a. : farthest advanced in any direction : most advanced : utmost < standing at the extreme edge of the river > b. : maximum < a folding table with an extreme length of 6 feet > Synonyms: see excessive II. noun (-s) 1. a. : an extreme state or condition < an extreme of poverty > b. extremes plural, obsolete : critical circumstances : straits, hardships < resolute in most extremes — Shakespeare > 2. a. (1) : an extreme variation < extremes of behavior weaving into one another as if to spite all moralists — Irving Howe > : something situated at, serving to mark, or terminating one end or the other of a total range or extent < the temperature in the desert ranges astonishingly between extremes of heat and cold > (2) : one of two things related in some way (as by nature, condition, or position) and at the same time removed from, contrasting with, or opposed to each other to a very great extent or as far as possible < the extremes of passion that are called love and hatred > b. (1) : the first term or the last term of a mathematical proportion (2) : the greatest or the least of several magnitudes c. logic : a term appearing in an extreme position: as (1) : the subject or predicate of a proposition — contrasted with copula (2) : the major term or minor term of a syllogism — compare middle term 3. archaic : a terminal part of a body : extremity 4. a. (1) : a very pronounced or excessive degree < there is no need to grieve to such an extreme > < a more stable and democratic regime with less extremes of wealth and poverty — William Clark > < he aroused extremes of admiration and hostility — Robert Lawrence > : excess < this world of violent extremes — Huntington Hartford > (2) : the utmost conceivable or tolerable degree : the utter limit < enthusiasm that was carried to an extreme > : maximum < prejudice is found at its extreme in that century > b. : an extreme measure or expedient : an extreme step < forced to an unpleasant extreme > : utmost length < he went to extremes to satisfy their curiosity — P.J.O'Brien > also : an extreme instance or case < an extreme they could not visualize > • - in the extreme III. adverb archaic : extremely IV. adjective 1. : of, relating to, or being an outdoor activity or a form of a sport (as skiing) that involves an unusually high degree of physical risk 2. : involved in an extreme sport < extreme snowboarder >
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