extreme
extreme
adjective
extremes meet
extremely
adverb
noun
语源
adjective
- reaching a high or the highest degree; very great
极端的；极度的
extreme cold.
极度寒冷。
■not usual; exceptional
不同寻常的；例外的，异常的
in extreme cases the soldier may be discharged.
特殊情况下可以开除士兵。
■very severe or serious
极端严厉（或严重）的
expulsion is an extreme sanction.
驱逐出境是极端严厉的惩处。
■(of a person or their opinions) advocating severe or drastic measures; far from moderate, especially politically
（人，观点）极端的（尤指在政治方面）
Labour's more extreme socialist supporters.
工党中更极端的社会主义支持者。
■(chiefly N. Amer.)denoting or relating to a sport performed in a hazardous environment and involving great physical risk, such as parachuting or white-water rafting
(主北美)（跳伞、漂流等）极限运动的 - [attrib.]furthest from the centre or a given point; outermost
最外的；最远的
the extreme north-west of Scotland.
苏格兰的最西北部。
- either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible
极端
ranging from free-floating at one extreme to a rigidly fixed system at the other.
介于放任自流和体制僵化这两个极端之间。
■the highest or most extreme degree of something
（事物的）极限
extremes of temperature.
温度极限。
■a very severe or serious measure
极端措施（或手段）
the extreme of applying for poor relief.
申请穷人救济这个下策。 - (Logic)the subject or predicate in a proposition, or the major or minor term in a syllogism (as contrasted with the middle term)
(逻)端顶，端词
extremes meet
- (proverb)opposite extremes have much in common
(谚)两极亦有相逢时（相反的两极端之间有许多共同点）
- take an extreme course of action; do something to an extreme degree
（让…）走极端
they took a commendable anti-ageist policy to extremes.
他们将反年龄歧视这一值得称赞的政策推向了极致。
- to an extreme degree
极端，极度；非常
the reasoning was convoluted in the extreme.
这一推理让人极为费解。
extremely
adverb
- [as submodifier]this is an extremely difficult and dangerous thing to do.
这件事做起来极其困难和危险。
noun
语源
- late Middle English: via Old French from Latin extremus 'outermost, utmost', superlative of exterus 'outer'
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