extreme是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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

• 1 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 extreme cases, the disease can lead to blindness. 极端情况下，这种疾病可导致失明。

• 2 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

  • He 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。

• 3 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。

• 4 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。

  • Most 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。

  • Some of the scenes were unpleasant in the extreme. 有些场景令人极其反感。

  • My 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。