1 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) the greatest or strongest possible 尽可能的;极度的:
You must take extreme care when driving at night.晚上开车,可要尽量小心。extreme heat/difficulty/poverty酷热;极度困难;赤贫
2 much stronger than is considered usual, acceptable, etc 偏激的;极端的:
Her extreme views on immigration are shocking to most people.她对移民所持的偏激观点,令大多数人感到吃惊。
3 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) as far away as possible from the centre in the direction mentioned (离中心)最远的;末端的:
There could be snow in the extreme north of the country.该国的极北部还可能在下雪。politicians on the extreme left of the party该党极左翼的政客☞Look at moderate and radical. 参看 moderate 及 radical。
extremenoun [C]:
Alex used to be very shy but now she's gone to the opposite extreme.以前亚历克斯很害羞,现在却走向另一极端。
extreme1/Ikˋstrim; Ikˈstriːm/adj 1 [only before noun 仅用于名词前] very great in amount or severity 极度的﹐极端的﹔严重的: extreme poverty 赤贫extreme weather conditions 极端恶劣的天气情况extreme cases/circumstances In extreme cases, the child may die. 在严重情况下﹐儿童可能会死亡。2 [only before noun 仅用于名词前] the furthest part of a place in a particular direction 末端的﹐尽头的: the extreme north 最北端3 extreme opinions are very strong and most people think they are unreasonable〔观点〕极端的﹐偏激的: His views were extreme, and led to political isolation. 他观点偏激﹐导致了他在政治上的孤立。4 [only before noun 仅用于名词前] extreme sports are done in a way that is more dangerous than the usual form of that sport〔体育运动〕极限的: extreme surfing/boxing etc 极限冲浪/拳击等
extreme2n 1 [C] something that is much greater, more severe etc than usual 极端: +of Bacteria can withstand extremes of heat and cold. 细菌可以耐受酷热和严寒。at the other/opposite extreme (=used when two things are as different as possible) 在另一个极端: At the other extreme, Austria has almost zero unemployment. 在另一个极端﹐奥地利的失业率几乎为零。take/carry sth to extremes/go to extremes disapproving (=do something to the greatest possible extent)【贬】走极端: Caution is sensible, but not if parents go to extremes. 审慎是明智的﹐但如果家长审慎过头就不能这样说了。2 in the extreme extremely 极其﹐极度: These experiments are cruel in the extreme. 这些实验极其残忍。
extremeextremeextremestadjective1very great or strong: the extreme cold of the Arctic2If you say that a person is extreme, you mean that their ideas are too strong.3as far away as possible: They came from the extreme north of Scotland.