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adj.

n.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 极其的;极度的 Extreme means very great in degree or intensity. 

  • The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution.

    女孩子们害怕蛇，走路时格外小心。

  • ...people living in extreme poverty.

    生活极度贫困的人们

  • ...the author's extreme reluctance to generalise.

    作者极不情愿进行归纳

2. ADJ-GRADED 极端的 You use extreme to describe situations and behaviour which are much more severe or unusual than you would expect, especially when you disapprove of them because of this. 

  • The extreme case was Poland, where 29 parties won seats...

    极端的例子是波兰，共有29个政党拥有议席。

  • It is hard to imagine Lineker capable of anything so extreme...

    很难想象莱恩克尔能做出如此极端的事情。

  • The scheme has been condemned as extreme.

    人们指责该计划太过极端。

3. ADJ-GRADED 偏激的;过激的 You use extreme to describe opinions, beliefs, or political movements which you disapprove of because they are very different from those that most people would accept as reasonable or normal. 

  • This extreme view hasn't captured popular opinion.

    这种偏激的观点未被大众接受。

  • ...the racist politics of the extreme right.

    极右派的种族主义政治

4. N-COUNT 极端；完全相反的事物 You can use extremes to refer to situations or types of behaviour that have opposite qualities to each other, especially when each situation or type of behaviour has such a quality to the greatest degree possible. 

  • ...a 'middle way' between the extremes of success and failure...

    成功和失败这两个极端之间的“中间地带”

  • They can withstand extremes of temperature and weather without fading or cracking.

    它们能够经受极端的气温和天气状况而不褪色、不破裂。

5. ADJ-GRADED 尽头的;末端的 The extreme end or edge of something is its furthest end or edge. 

  • ...the room at the extreme end of the corridor.

    在走廊尽头的那个房间

  • ...winds from the extreme north.

    从极北吹来的风

6. PHRASE 走极端;使…至极端 If a person goes to extremes or takes something to extremes, they do or say something in a way that people consider to be unacceptable, unreasonable, or foolish. 

  • The police went to the extremes of installing the most advanced safety devices in the man's house...

    警方采取极端措施，在那个男子家里安装了最先进的安全装置。

  • The doctor told me not to mention dieting to her in case she took it to the extreme...

    医生告诉我不要跟她提节食的事儿，免得她走极端。

  • There is a sense of shame, sometimes carried to extremes.

    心中有羞愧感，有时候甚至无地自容。

7. PHRASE （用于形容词后，尤用于强调不好或令人惊讶的事）极其，极度 You use in the extreme after an adjective in order to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you want to indicate that it is something which is undesirable or very surprising. 

  • It is proving controversial in the extreme...

    事实证明它极具争议。

  • Our rows become unhealthy in the extreme.

    我们的争吵变得极其有害。

Noun

1. the furthest or highest degree of something;

  • "he carried it to extremes"

2. the point located farthest from the middle of something

Adjective

1. of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity;

  • "extreme cold"
  • "extreme caution"
  • "extreme pleasure"
  • "utmost contempt"
  • "to the utmost degree"
  • "in the uttermost distress"

2. far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree;

  • "an extreme example"
  • "extreme temperatures"
  • "extreme danger"

3. beyond a norm in views or actions;

  • "an extreme conservative"
  • "an extreme liberal"
  • "extreme views on integration"
  • "extreme opinions"

4. most distant in any direction;

  • "the extreme edge of town"
1. Animal and vegetable pests propagate with extreme rapidity.
动植物病害传播极快。

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2. Animal and vegetable pests spread with extreme rapidity.
动植物疫害传播极快。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Diamonds have extreme resistance to abrasion.
钻石极抗磨损。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.
由于天气很冷，所以我们无法去植树。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He always takes an extreme view.
他总是持极端见解。

来自《用法词典》

6. He has been generous in the extreme.
他极其慷慨。

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7. His strong left-wing views make him the devil incarnate to more extreme Conservatives.
他的极左观点使得他在极端保守党人眼中成了魔鬼的化身。

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8. His views are rather extreme.
他的见解相当偏激。

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9. His voice was scornful in the extreme.
他的声音听起来极端地轻蔑。

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10. I must admit, it's puzzling in the extreme just how these books found their way here.
我不得不说，这些书怎么会出现在这儿，真是太奇怪了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. On the extreme northwestern outskirts of the city stands the Buddhist temple.
那所佛教寺院位于市郊的最西北角。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12. She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.
她住在森林的最边缘。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. The old woman is frugal to the extreme.
那老妇人节约到了极点。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14. The policy was followed to an absurd extreme.
这项政策被执行到了极端荒谬的程度。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15. This was an act of extreme brutality.
这是一种极端野蛮的行为。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog.
在雾中开车要极为小心。

来自《简明英汉词典》