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IELTS BNC: 2528 COCA: 2519

extreme

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ex·treme1 /ɪkˈstriːm/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjectiveadj
1  [only before noun]EXTREME very great in degree 極大的；極度的
Extreme poverty still exists in many rural areas.
許多農村地區仍處於赤貧狀態。
extreme care/caution
It is necessary to use extreme caution with chemicals.
接觸化學品必須極其小心。
extreme cold
嚴寒
He had extreme difficulty getting hold of the ingredients.
他費了極大的勁找配料。
2  UNUSUALvery unusual and severe or serious 異乎尋常的；極端的；嚴重的
extreme example/case
an extreme case of cruelty
極嚴重的虐待案例
Force is only justified in extreme circumstances.
只有在極端情況下才可以使用武力。
extreme weather/conditions etc 極端的天氣/條件等
3  extreme west/end/left etc the part furthest to the west, nearest the end etc 最西端/盡頭/最左端等
on the extreme edge of the cliff
在懸崖的最邊上
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extreme west/end/left etc• Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.• So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?• The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.• Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.• Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.• But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.• Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.• Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
4  EXTREMEextreme opinions, beliefs, or organizations, especially political ones, are considered by most people to be unacceptable and unreasonable 〔尤指政治上〕極端的，偏激的
extreme right-wing nationalists
極右翼民族主義分子
5. extreme sports/surfing/skiing etc an extreme sport is one that is done in a way that has much more risk and so is more dangerous than an ordinary form of the sport 極限運動/沖浪/滑雪等
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extreme sports/surfing/skiing etc• The explosion of extreme sports in recent years has produced an unprecedented number of ultra-endurance races.
6  extreme athlete/surfer/skier etc someone who does extreme sports 極限運動員/沖浪者/滑雪者等
Extreme surfers will ride waves that reach heights of more than fifty feet.
極限沖浪者能在50多英尺高的海浪上滑行。
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extreme athlete/surfer/skier etc• Be an extreme athlete; or better yet, look like one on your way to the grocery store.
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extreme• The organization says they consider Kahane's views to be extreme.• But memory is highly selective, particularly within an organization that has weathered numerous crises and moments of extreme duress.• It had always been one of his Walter Mittyisms to run a restaurant, and this we discussed with extreme earnestness.• That imbalance in brain chemicals also could lead to exaggerated responses to stress, resulting in extreme fatigue.• Buchanan's political views are too extreme for most Americans.• This is anomic aphasia. 9.2.6 Global aphasia Global aphasia could be thought of as the most extreme form of aphasia.• The refugees face a winter of extreme hardship.• Therefore, emotion, which can interfere with attention when it is extreme, is nevertheless the cornerstone of attention.• extreme left-wing groups• He hoped that such extreme measures would not be necessary.• extreme nationalists• Hold in this extreme position for 25 counts, stretching a little further with each count.• We like to present an extreme position to get people to react to it.• extreme temperatures
extreme care/caution• However, a partner needs gentle handling to tread gently and with extreme caution.• In reality, the tsar proceeded with extreme caution.• It is therefore advisable that all practice be carried out with extreme caution.• The government had to handle these sentiments with extreme caution.• Virginia liked to watch them when they were in a mood that required that they be handled with extreme care.• She even exercises extreme caution about what she throws into her waste-paper bin.• If he writes slowly and with extreme care, he forsakes natural rhythm and ease of style.• Exercise extreme caution in babies with renal or hepatic failure.
extreme example/case• Fortunately, there is little chance of that except in extreme cases.• This can be illustrated easily by taking figures which show extreme cases at the beginning and end of our period.• In extreme cases, it can affect our whole career progress.• An extreme case of organizational self-defeat and its consequences?• Fresh food is the most extreme example of the change that has come over the shops.• That's an extreme example of the volatility, but it shows how brutal the market has been, analysts said.• In the extreme case, the supply will depend exclusively on demand.• In some extreme cases, theorising obliterates any need for empirical method.
extreme2 ●●○ noun [countableC]
1  TOO/TOO MUCHCHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERa situation, quality etc which is as great as it can possibly be – used especially when talking about two opposites 極端〔尤用於表示兩個相反的事物〕
extreme of
The bacteria can withstand extremes of heat and cold.
這種細菌能承受酷熱和嚴寒。
In fact, the truth lies between the two extremes.
事實上，真理存在於兩個極端之間。
at the other/opposite extreme
At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.
另一個極端則是像瑞士這樣幾乎沒有人失業的國家。
Advertisements seem to go from one extreme to the other (=change from one extreme thing to something totally opposite).
廣告似乎從一個極端走到了另一個極端。
2  in the extreme VERYto a very great degree 極度，非常
This kind of experiment seems cruel in the extreme.
這種實驗好像極其殘酷。
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in the extreme• It was aggravating in the extreme to discover him there, just when she had hoped to find the launch deserted.• Historians note that some Indian tribes were brutal in the extreme.• Both were cautious in the extreme.• Jasmine, who has all these characteristics in the extreme, was born June 18.• Aspects of his work, his life style, are disagreeable to him in the extreme.• All these parts interrelate, and it is implausible in the extreme to suppose that their interrelation is fortuitous.• But it would be naive in the extreme to believe that the system is always unjust.• Or, in the extreme, the cigarette industry may cease to exist.• On the other hand, the prospect of her making a film during the re-election campaign was unappealing in the extreme.
3  to extremes if someone does something to extremes, they do it to a point beyond what is normal or acceptable 至極端
take/carry something to extremes
Problems only occur when this attitude is taken to extremes.
只有當這種態度走向極端時，問題才會發生。
She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him.
爲了避免見到他，她已經采用極端手段了。
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to extremes• Under this pressure Drew's disposition alternated to extremes.• And for some schools, this may be an interesting option, though if carried to extremes, it has serious limitations.• Skating is rife with bias, carrying the inherent subjectivity of judging to extremes.• He attacks any type of religious performance which leads to extremes.• Here is the stuff of revivalism, holiness movements, tight church membership requirements and, taken to extremes, exclusive cults.• Anything can be taken to extremes.• Painting in ripstop nylon has been taken to extremes by Tom Casselman.
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extreme• Either way, climate extremes are expected to increase.• Plant vaccines take this sort of trickery to an ingenious extreme.• For children, the world is one of extremes.• The junior adventure story has not suffered the same extremes of literary discrimination.• All these parts interrelate, and it is implausible in the extreme to suppose that their interrelation is fortuitous.• In the extreme, parents can even become physically abusive.
between ... two extremes• Between the two extremes come the various financial assets such as bonds and shares.• Between the two extremes of standardised and non-standardised interviews is the large category of semi-structured interviews.• There are, of course, many weather conditions between the two extremes when you have a chance of catching bream.• The truth probably lies between the two extremes.• There would have been other players between the two extremes of those who required a check and those who did not.• You must find the right balance of specificity and practicality between the two extremes.• Surely with her help they could create something between the two extremes?
Origin extreme1
(1400-1500) French extrême, from Latin extremus “most outward”, from exter; → EXTERNAL
ex·treme1 adjectiveadjextreme2 noun
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IELTS BNC: 2528 COCA: 2519
extreme

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXTREME | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤opposite, polar對立端；極端◇Their views are at opposite extremes from each other.他們的觀點極端對立。➤logical邏輯上的兩極▸➤new新的極端◇She has taken cleanliness to a new extreme.她把潔癖推向新的極端。➤climatic, political, temperature氣候上的／政治上的／溫度上的極端◇It's a difficult place to live because of its climatic extremes.該地氣候極端惡劣，人難以生存。VERB + EXTREME➤avoid避免極端◇Avoid any extremes of temperature.避免任何極端溫度。➤go to, reach走極端◇There is no need to go to such extremes.沒必要走這樣的極端。➤carry sth to, take sth to將⋯帶向極端◇It's foolish to take any dieting to extremes.飲食上走極端是愚蠢的。➤represent代表極端PREPOSITION➤at an/the extreme在極端的情況下◇At the extreme, some nuclear waste is so radioactive it has to be kept isolated for thousands of years.在極端的情況下，有些核廢物的放射性之強使其需隔離保存數千年。➤between extremes在兩個極端之間◇There has to be a solution between these extremes.在這兩個極端之間應該有一個解決的辦法。➤in the extreme極端地◇His voice was scornful in the extreme.他的聲音聽起來極為輕蔑。➤to the extreme過分地◇She was always generous to the extreme.她總是大方過頭。➤extremes of⋯的極端◇These photographs show extremes of obesity and emaciation.這些照片展現了肥胖與消瘦兩個極端。PHRASES➤at one extreme, at the other extreme在一個／在另一個極端◇At the other extreme, women still childless at 32 were more likely to be from a professional background.另一個極端情況是， 32 歲還沒有孩子的女性很可能是職業人士。➤go from one extreme to the other從一個極端走到另一個極端◇She goes from one extreme to the other, and either works very hard or does absolutely nothing.她總是從一個極端到另一個極端，或者勤奮地工作，或者什麼也不做。➤go to the opposite extreme, go to the other extreme走到相反的極端／另一個極端◇After always putting too much salt in her cooking, she went to the opposite extreme and banished it completely.以前她做菜時總是放很多鹽，然後又走到另一個極端，一點兒鹽都不放。
extreme

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBS➤be極端➤appear, seem, sound看上去／似乎／聽起來極端▸➤become變得極端➤consider sth認為⋯極端ADVERB➤particularly, really, very特別／十分／非常極端▸➤a bit, fairly, a little, quite, rather, somewhat有點兒極端；相當極端；有些極端◇Some of his views seem rather extreme.他的一些觀點似乎有些極端。PHRASES➤at its most extreme最為極端的◇This is hero-worship at its most extreme.這是最極端的英雄崇拜。
IELTS BNC: 2528 COCA: 2519
extreme adj.
⇨ maximum (extreme pressure) ⇨ radical (extreme views) ⇨ serious 1 (in extreme circumstances)
IELTS BNC: 2528 COCA: 2519
extreme
Serious, severe and extreme: serious, severe, extreme...
Not sensible or reasonable: unreasonable, wrong, extreme...
Unusual in an interesting way: unusual, special, unique...
Not near and difficult to reach: distant, far, apart...
The opposite: opposite, balance, the reverse...
Features and qualities: feature, quality, factor...

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