extreme

复数：extremes

1. [A]尽头的,末端的 at the end; farthest
2. [A]极度的,极端的 existing in a very high degree; very severe

1. [P]极端,过分 highest degree; opposite qualities

• extreme accuracy极大的准确性
• extreme danger极端危险
• extreme illness重病
• extreme joy〔pain〕极度的快乐〔痛苦〕
• extreme measures过激的手段
• extreme opinions持偏激的意见
• extreme poverty极度贫困

• rather extreme很极端

• avoid extremes避免走极端
• run to extremes走极端

• unpleasant extreme不愉快的极端措施

• at an extreme在某一极端
• in the extreme极端,非常
• difficult in the extreme极其艰苦
• carry sth to extremes把…引向极端

• extreme of distress极度痛苦
• extreme of feelings感情的极端
• extreme of fortune盛衰荣枯

to the extreme走向极端

in the extreme非常；极度

extreme value极值，极端值

extreme pressure极压，极限压力；特高压力；超高压

extreme poverty极端贫穷

extreme sports极限运动

extreme point极点，端点

extreme environment极端环境；极限环境

extreme temperature极端温度；极限温度

extreme position极限位置

extreme pressure additive极压添加剂

1. Extreme cold can wake a hibernating animal.
   极度的寒冷能使正在冬眠的动物苏醒。
2. The extreme heat sapped his strength and health.
   极度的暑热逐渐损耗他的体力兴健康。
3. Extreme poverty had reduced them to a state of apathy.
   极端的贫困使他们万念俱灰。
4. The capital is in the extreme south of the country.
   首都在这个国家的最南端。
5. His political views are rather extreme.
   他的政治观点相当极端。

1. Love and hate are extremes.
   爱和恨是两个极端。
2. Starvation is at one extreme of the spectrum of food intake; obesity is at the other.
   饥饿是食物摄入量的一个极端,肥胖则是另一个极端。
3. Extreme sports are a drug for him.
   他酷爱极限运动。
4. Another extreme sport is snowboarding.
   另外一个极限运动的例子则是滑雪。