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extreme/ikˈstri:m, ek-/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 reaching a high or the highest degree; exceedingly great or intense; exceptional 特别的，极端的 extreme old age 特别年长； in extreme danger 处于极度危险 2a severe, stringent; lacking restraint or moderation 严重的；不受限制的，无克制的 take extreme measures 采取极端措施； an extreme reaction 过火的反应 b (of a person, opinion, etc.) going to great lengths; advocating immoderate measures (指人、思想等)极端的，激进的 3 outermost; furthest from the centre; situated at either end 终极的；终端的，末端的 the extreme edge 最边缘 4 Polit. on the far left or right of a party 【政】政党中极左或极右的 5 utmost; last 最，最终的 ●n. 1 (often in pl. 常用复数) one or other of two things as remote or as different as possible 大相径庭的事物，差异悬殊的事物 2 a thing at either end of anything 末端，末梢，物体的两端 3 the highest or most extreme degree of anything 极端，极限，极点 4 Math. the first or the last term of a ratio or series 【数】比率或数列的首数或尾数 5 Logic the subject or predicate in a proposition; the major or the minor term in a syllogism 【逻辑学】命题的主词或谓词(三段论中的大项或小项) □ go to extremes take an extreme course of action 走极端 □ go to the other extreme take a diametrically opposite course of action 走向事物的反面 □ in the extreme to an extreme degree 最大程度上 □ extremely adv.□ extremeness n.[Middle English via Old French from Latin extremus, superlative of exterus ‘outward’] |