1 N-COUNT 尽头;末端 The extremity of something is its furthest end or edge. 尽头;末端 [formal]
SYN limit, end, edge, border
2 N-PLURAL [oft with poss] (身体的)末端,末梢;(尤指)手脚 Your extremities are the end parts of your body, especially your hands and feet. (身体的)末端,末梢;(尤指)手脚
3 N-UNCOUNT 极度;极端 The extremity of a situation or of someone's behaviour is the degree to which it is severe, unusual, or unacceptable. 极度;极端
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In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane. [+ of]
尽管完全与世隔绝,她依然心智健全。
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In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate. [+ of]
过去,这个地区令人生畏的地理条件和极端的天气状况使它受到保护。
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Only in extremity, when his defences had been reduced by six weeks of bombing, was he ready to leave.
经过6周的轰炸,他的防御已经不堪一击,在这种极端情况下他才愿意离开。
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