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- reaching a high or the highest degree; very great极大的; 极度的：
extreme cold.
极度寒冷。
1.1
- not usual; exceptional不寻常的; 例外的：
in extreme cases the soldier may be discharged.
在特殊情况下, 士兵是可以退伍的。
1.2
- very severe or serious极端严厉（或严重）的：
expulsion is an extreme sanction.
驱逐是一种极端严厉的制裁。
1.3
- (of a person or their opinions) advocating severe or drastic measures; far from moderate, especially politically（人, 观点）极端的, 偏激的（尤指在政治方面）：
Labour's more extreme socialist supporters.
工党中较偏激的社会主义支持者。
1.4
- chiefly N. Amer. denoting or relating to a sport performed in a hazardous environment and involving great physical risk, such as parachuting or white-water rafting〈主北美〉（跳伞、漂流等运动）极限的。
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- attrib. furthest from the centre or a given point; outermost最外的; （离中心）最远的：
the extreme north-west of Scotland.
苏格兰的最西北部。
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- either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible截然不同的事物; 极端：
ranging from free-floating at one extreme to a rigidly fixed system at the other.
从一个极端的自由浮动到另一个极端的体制僵化等情况各异。
1.1
- the highest or most extreme degree of something（事物的）极度：
extremes of temperature.
极端气温。
1.2
- a very severe or serious measure极端措施：
the extreme of applying for poor relief.
申请困难补助的极端措施。
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- Logic the subject or predicate in a proposition, or the major or minor term in a syllogism (as contrasted with the middle term)【逻】端顶, 端词。
短语
extremes meet
- proverb opposite extremes have much in common〈谚〉两极相逢（指截然相反的两件事也有许多共同之处）。
go（或 take something）to extremes
- take an extreme course of action; do something to an extreme degree（做某事）走极端：
they took a commendable anti-ageist policy to extremes.
他们将反对歧视老年人这一值得称赞的政策推向了极端。
in the extreme
- to an extreme degree极端, 极度; 非常：
the reasoning was convoluted in the extreme.
这一推理让人极为费解。
派生词
extremely
adverb这件事做起来极其困难和危险
extremeness
noun词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin extremus 'outermost, utmost', superlative of exterus 'outer'.