extremity 详细解释

extremity

[iks'tremiti]

n.极端, 极度,尽头,绝境,非常手段
(复)extremities: 四肢,手足

n.

1. 末端; 尽头[C]

Alaska is at the western extremity of North America.

阿拉斯加在北美西部的尽头。

2. 极度; 极端; 绝境[U][S]

The poor dog was in an extremity of pain.

这条可怜的狗正处在极度痛苦之中。

3. 非常手段; 极端的行动[P]

Both armies were guilty of extremities.

两军皆犯有使用残酷手段之罪。

4. 手足, 四肢[P]

词形变化

名词复数: extremities |

词义辨析

同义参见:

nose  limb  brink  tip  terminal  border  

反义参见:

moderation  

英英释义

名词 extremity:

an external body part that projects from the body

同义词:appendage, member

an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)

the greatest or utmost degree

the outermost or farthest region or point

that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso

补充

extremityextremity英:[iksˈtremiti] 美:[ɪkˈstrɛmɪti]n.1.末端,极端,极度,穷困,绝境,临死,非常手段,手足

例句

1. 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 2. the extremities of the aeroplane飞机的末端 3. 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。 4. 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。 5. given the extremity of his situation考虑到他所处的极端境况 6. 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。 7. the peninsula's western extremity.半岛的最西端。 8. tingling and numbness in the extremities.手脚的刺痛和麻木。 9. the extremity of the violence concerns us.极端的暴力让我们深感忧虑。 10. the terror of an animal in extremity.困兽的惊骇。 11. You will feel the effects of the cold in your extremities. [=hands and feet]你会感到寒气侵入你的四肢。 12. We lived on the island's westernmost extremity. [=the part of the island that is farthest to the west]我们住在这座岛的最西端。 13. The extremity of her grief is impossible to imagine.她的极度痛苦是他人难以想象的。 14. They endured extremities of suffering. [=they endured extreme suffering]他们忍受了极度的痛苦。