| 单词 | extremity |
| 释义 | ex·trem·i·ty 1. a. (1) < one extremity of the mountain range is located to the east > : the farthest or most remote part, section, or point : the most advanced part : the farthest extent : the farthest projection < the region's wooded northern extremity > < the inhabitants of the southern extremity of the continent > : the very end < at the extremity of a small path — William Black > < the sting at the extremity of a scorpion's tail > (2) < circulation of blood in the extremities > usually < coldness in the extremities > b. (1) < in this extremity she took refuge in grief — G.B.Shaw > < to whom in the depths of his extremity he turned for sympathy — F.W.Crofts > (2) < anchors thrown out by a vessel in its last extremity — A.C.Clarke > (3) archaic < the king was at extremity — G.P.R.James > c. (1) < in his first extremity of grief — H.G.Wells > < enduring extremities of torture — Edith Sitwell > (2) < some went so far as to kneel on the sharp stones in the very extremity of terror — Elinor Wylie > < an extremity of passion > (3) archaic d. obsolete e. < the thought worried her to the extremity of her endurance > < they were definitely provoked to extremity before they did this deed — Rex Ingamells > f. (1) < reduced to the extremity of telling everything they knew > < forced to extremities > (2) < as a last extremity there's only one thing that can be done > 2. < avoiding extremities > < they vied with one another in the extremity of their opinions — H.G.Wells > < the extremity, violence, and anguish which have characterized much of the literature — K.I.Lansner > • - in extremities - to the last extremity |
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