extreme

【发音】

美 /ɪk'strim/ 英 /ɪk'striːm; ek-/

【翻译】

1. n.极端不同的性质

   英释:a situation, quality etc which is as great as it can possibly be – used especially when talking about two opposites

【记忆】

extre(看作extra， 以外的) ＋ me(我) → 在我忍受的极限以外 → 极端， 过分

【短语】

1. to the extreme : 走向极端

2. in the extreme : 非常；极度

3. extreme value : 极值，极端值

4. extreme pressure : 极压，极限压力；特高压力；超高压

5. extreme poverty : 极端贫穷

6. extreme sports : 极限运动

7. extreme point : 极点，端点

8. extreme environment : 极端环境；极限环境

9. extreme temperature : 极端温度；极限温度

10. extreme position : 极限位置

11. extreme pressure additive : 极压添加剂

【例句】

1. In fact, the truth lies between the two extremes.

   事实上，真理存在于两个极端之间。

2. Advertisements seem to go from one extreme to the other (= change from one extreme thing to something totally opposite).

   广告似乎从一个极端走到了另一个极端。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...It is estimated that extreme weather conditions have endangered the lives of millions of African children...

2. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them...

3. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...He says extreme events will continue...

4. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...but we should not allow these extreme cases to distort our view of most young people...

5. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...How can we stop extreme events from turning into disasters...

6. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...describing it as a way to test robots developed by Korean researchers for use in extreme conditions...

7. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...But the study warns that it is teenagers who engage in all three of these practices in the extreme who are truly in jeopardy...

8. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Duncan Watts proposes that the "Mona Lisa" is merely an extreme example of a general rule...

9. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Government regulation in America went from one extreme to the other in the past two decades...

10. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 文本题)...China is playing an increasingly important role in helping the international community to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030...

11. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures...

12. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...writing breathlessly in the New York Times about the "rising incidence of extreme events"...

13. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...In what way do the media benefit from extreme weather...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.极端的；极度的；偏激的；尽头的

   ultra/excessive/

2. n.极端；末端；最大程度；极端的事物

   terminal/bottom/

【同根词】

1. adv

   extremely : 非常，极其；极端地

2. n

   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