extremity是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)expect the extremity决一死战

双语例句

(1)It appeared that the explorer's extremities had been unconscious for a long time already.

探险家的四肢似乎已经失去知觉很长时间了。

(2)Don't you know that polar bears live on northern extremity of the earth?

你不知道北极熊生活在地球的最北端吗？

(3)The patient with cancer couldn't stand the extremity of the pain.

这位癌症病人忍受不了极度的疼痛。

(4)The region had been protected by the extremities of its climate.

这个地区极端的天气状况使它受到保护

(5)In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane.

尽管完全与世隔绝，她依然神智清醒。

(6)The lake is situated at the eastern extremity of the mountain range.

湖位于山脉最东端。

(7)In her extremity, an instinct told her to which of them to turn.

在她陷入困境时，一种直觉告诉她该向他们中的哪一个求助。

(8)What shall we do in this extremity?

在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢?

(9)What extremity did he accept?

他接受哪一条末路？

同义词

n. 极端；绝境；非常手段；手足

同根词

词根 extreme

(1)extreme 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

(2)extremely adv. 非常，极其；极端地

(3)extremist n. 极端主义者，过激分子

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

(5)extremum n. [数] 极值，极端值

(6)extremeness n. 极端；极度

释义

n.

the furthest point or limit of something

末端，端点；尽头

the peninsula's western extremity.

半岛的最西端。

(extremities)the hands and feet

（人的）手足；四肢

tingling and numbness in the extremities.

手脚的刺痛和麻木。

[mass noun]the extreme degree or nature of something

极度，极点，极端

the extremity of the violence concerns us.

极端的暴力令我们深感忧虑。

a condition of extreme adversity or difficulty

极度的逆境（或困境），绝境

the terror of an animal in extremity.

困兽的惊骇。

词源

"late Middle English： from Old French extremite or Latin extremitas, from extremus ‘utmost' （see EXTREME）."