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单词 extremity
释义 extremity /ɪkˈstremɪtɪ/ n.( 复extremities)
1.(furthest part)末端;端点;尽头

a small port on the northwestern extremity of the Iberian peninsula伊比利亚半岛西北端的一个小港口

the extremities of sth某物的一端

the extremities of the aeroplane飞机的末端

2.(intense degree)极度;极端

In spite of the extremity of her seclusion, she was sane.尽管完全与世隔绝, 她依然心智健全。

3.+of climate, situation严酷

In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate.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。

given the extremity of his situation考虑到他所处的极端境况

4.(extreme condition)险境;绝境

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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