| 单词 | ultimate |
| 释义 | ultimate —ultimately, adv. —ultimateness, n. /ul"teuh mit/, adj. 1. last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats. 2. maximum; decisive; conclusive: the ultimate authority; the ultimate weapon. 3. highest; not subsidiary: ultimate goal in life. 4. basic; fundamental; representing a limit beyond which further progress, as in investigation or analysis, is impossible: the ultimate particle; ultimate principles. 5. final; total: the ultimate consequences; the ultimate cost of a project. 6. not to be improved upon or surpassed; greatest; unsurpassed: the ultimate vacation spot; the ultimate stupidity. n. 7. the final point; final result. 8. a fundamental fact or principle. 9. the best, greatest, or most extreme of its kind. [1645-55; < LL ultimatus (ptp. of ultimare to come to an end), equiv. to L ultim(us) last, most distant (see ULTIMA) + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. extreme, remotest, uttermost. 2. supreme. 5. See last1. Ant. 5. first. |
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