extreme

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ɪk'striːm; ek-ɪk'stri:m]
• 美式音标 [ɪkˈstriːm]
• 国际音标 [ik'stri:m]
• 英式发音
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基本解释

• adj. 极端的；极度的；偏激的；尽头的
• n. 极端；末端；最大程度；极端的事物

词源解说

• 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的extremus，意为极端。

词根记忆

• extre(看作extra，以外的) + me(我)→在我忍受的极限以外→极端，过分
• extre(看作extra，以外的) + me(我)→在我忍受的极限以外→极度的，极端的
• extre(看作extra，以外的) + me(我)→在我能忍受的极限以外→极端，过分

同根派生

• adv性质的同根词

  extremely：非常，极其；极端地。

• n性质的同根词

  extremity：极端；绝境；非常手段；手足。

  extremist：极端主义者，过激分子。

  extremism：极端主义（尤指政治上的极右或极左）；极端性；过激主义。

  extremeness：极端；极度。

• extreme相关词

用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• extreme用作形容词的基本意思是距离中心或起点“尽可能远的”,引申可指“极度的,极端的”; 也可指人或意见等“过激的”“偏激的”。
• extreme一般不修饰improvement,development等表示动作的名词,而修饰表示状态的名词。

n. (名词)

• extreme用作名词时意为“极端”,是可数名词,常用复数形式。既可指感情、状况等的极端,也可指人能忍受某环境达到的最大限度。

• extreme使用方法
• extreme详细辨析

英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

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

用作表语: S+be+～

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

用作名词 (n.)

• Joy and grief are extremes.
  喜与悲都是极端。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• extreme accuracy 极大的准确性
• extreme danger 极端危险
• extreme illness 重病
• extreme joy 〔pain〕 极度的快乐〔痛苦〕
• extreme measures 过激的手段

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (GREAT) very large in amount or degree
• (BAD) very severe or bad
• (BELIEFS) Extreme beliefs and political parties are considered by most people to be unreasonable and unacceptable.
• (FURTHEST POINT) at the furthest point, especially from the centre
• the largest possible amount or degree of something

柯林斯英英字典

• Extreme means very great in degree or intensity.
• You use extreme to describe situations and behaviour that are much more severe or unusual than you would expect, especially when you disapprove of them because of this.
• You use extreme to describe opinions, beliefs, or political movements that you disapprove of because they are very different from those that most people would accept as reasonable or normal.
• 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.
• The extreme end or edge of something is its farthest end or edge.
• 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.

• extreme剑桥字典
• extreme柯林斯字典

专业释义

地球科学

• 带大陆性气候特性的；(有关)大陆性气候的

经济学

• 极值

  Extreme value theory (EVT) is one of the best choices, which can effectively forecast and guard against the financial risk.
  极值理论(EVT)正是这样一种方法,它能有效地预测和防范金融极端风险。

  艺术学

• 极致

  In the pursuit of the form composition the modern sculpture has reached the extreme pole.
  现代雕塑艺术在形式构成结构的追求上已经达到了极致。

  环境科学技术

• 极值

  The results of removing the extreme values were similar to those in data transformation.
  极值剔除后的热点辨析结果与数据转换后的结果类似。

  数学

• （比例的）外项

能源科学技术

• 极端的

生物学

• 极端