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词汇 extreme
释义 extreme
adjective
uk /ɪkˈstriːm/ us /ɪkˈstriːm/

extremeadjective (GREAT)


B2
very large in amount or degree: 极大的;极度的;极端的
extreme pain/stupidity/wealth极其痛苦/愚蠢/富有
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

greater than the usual level or amount
highHigh temperatures are set to continue into next week.
high inThis cereal is high in fibre and nutrients.
extremeThey live in extreme poverty.
stratosphericHome prices are stratospheric around here!
soaringRents are soaring while pay remains steady.
The way she had been treated at work had caused her extreme emotional and psychological distress.
People here are living in conditions of extreme poverty.
Drivers are warned to take extreme care on the icy roads.
An expression of extreme disapproval came over his face.
We took shelter from the extreme heat under a palm tree.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Enormous
astronomical
astronomically
behemoth
bigly
by far and awayidiom
immeasurable
immeasurably
immense
immensity
inordinate
precipitous
prodigiously
stratospheric
stratospherically
super-colossal
supersized
walloping
winding
yawning
yawningly

extremeadjective (BAD)


B2
very severe or bad: 极严厉的;严重的;极糟的
extreme weather conditions极其恶劣的天气条件
in an extreme caseIn extreme cases, the disease can lead to blindness.极端情况下,这种疾病可导致失明。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: very & extreme
abjectly
absolutely
abundantly
abundantly clear
beyond
biblical
downright
extraordinarily
extremely
imagine
infinitely
particularly
richly
stupefyingly
super
super-duper
super-spectacular
superabundantly
totally
violently

extremeadjective (BELIEFS)


C2
Extreme beliefs and political parties are considered by most people to be unreasonable and unacceptable: (信仰或政党)偏激的,过激的,极端的
extreme viewHe has rather extreme views.他的观点很偏激。
He's on the extreme right wing of the party.他属于这个政党的极右翼势力。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unsuitable and unacceptable
amiss
be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
beneath your dignityidiom
beyond
beyond the paleidiom
incorrect
incorrectly
indecent
ineligibility
ineligible
over-extravagant
raffish
raffishly
raffishness
room
unsuitability
unsuitable
unsuitably
unsuited
unsupportable

extremeadjective (FURTHEST POINT)


[ before noun ]
at the furthest point, especially from the centre: 末端的,尽头的;(尤指)离中心最远的
They live in the extreme south of the island.他们住在这个岛的最南端。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Distant in space and time
(in) the middle of nowhereidiom
afar
afield
all/the four corners of the world/earthidiom
anywhere
as far as the eye can/could seeidiom
distance
eye
farthest
from afar
further
furthermost
light years awayidiom
middle
Podunk
remote
remotely
remoteness
ultra
wide
extreme
noun[ C ]
uk /ɪkˈstriːm/ us /ɪkˈstriːm/
the largest possible amount or degree of something: 极度;极端
I've never witnessed such extremes of wealth and poverty.我从未见过如此悬殊的贫富差别。
take it to extremesMost people I know work fairly hard but she takes it to extremes.我认识的人里大多数工作都很努力,但是她这种干法也太不要命了。
 in the extreme
used for emphasis; extremely: (用于强调)极其,非常,极度
Some of the scenes were unpleasant in the extreme.有些场景令人极其反感。
a situation, feeling, etc. that is the opposite or very different from another one: 极端;极端不同的事物
go from one extreme to anotherMy moods seem to go from one extreme to another (= my moods often change from very bad to very good).我的情绪时而极好,时而又糟糕得要命。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Extremely good
admirable
amazing
amazingly
ask for someone
award-winning
first-rate
five-star
gourmet
greatness
have no parallelphrase
par excellence
sensational
shining
soar
sock
splendid
splendidly
stellar
superiority
wonderfully

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extreme | American Dictionary


extreme
adjective
us/ɪkˈstrim/

extremeadjective (GREAT)


very great; beyond what is usual or what might be expected:
Use extreme caution, as the steps are very slippery.
The extreme cold kept most people indoors.

extremeadjective (FURTHEST)


at the furthest point; to the greatest degree:
At the extreme end of the lake there is a hunting lodge.
Extreme opinions, ideas, etc., are beyond the usual range of variety and would seem unreasonable to most people.
extreme
noun[ C ]
us/ɪkˈstrim/

extremenoun[C] (MATH)


mathematics
the first or fourth terms (= numbers or symbols) of a proportion (= a mathematical statement with a comparison of two numbers calculated by division on each side):
In the proportion a/b=t/z the terms a and z are the extremes.

extremenoun[C] (GREAT DEGREE)


the greatest possible amount or degree of something:
The security staff went to extremes to insure the safety of the world leaders.

Examples of extreme


extreme
If it is, then what of those between the extremes?
One approach is for those ethnically-based parties most willing to compromise to join together and, by joining, to fend off the uncompromising extremes.
While both extremes (very large versus small networks) are harmful, a compromise is necessary.
They represent two extremes of radiation resistance, defining a pragmatic ' surviving zone for life'.
Maintaining the balance between these two extremes is one of the most challenging tasks for a designer of controllers for local musical networks.
We consider these 2 scenarios separately but reality is likely to lie between these extremes.
The clinical and demographic data from the two phenotypic extremes (panorexia) was compared using paired t tests.
In between these extremes, there will always be times when only one or the other of the two properties holds.
There is evidence that weather extremes may change much faster than weather means.
Both dependencies have extremes for focus positions near the target sur face.
While the notions of voluntary and coercive policy transfer highlight extremes, the process of policy transfer is unlikely to be exclusively one or the other.
Temperatures in artificial refuges were intermediate between these extremes.
The relative effects of environmental influences vary with extremes as well.
The contrast is stark, and, in my own view, the reality of grammar lies somewhere in the middle between these two extremes.
Neither of these extremes looks promising in itself, so no doubt the best answer lies somewhere in between - a combination of instruction and experience.
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