extremity
/ɪkˈstreməti/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪkˈstreməti/ (ame, ipa) · /ik-ˈstre-mə-tē/ (ame, mw)
extremity — 名詞
- extremitysingular
- extremitiesplural
1. the point on something that lies furthest out from its middle or main body — the
末端；盡頭
離中心最遠的點或邊緣
the point on something that lies furthest out from its middle or main body — the very tip, edge, or end.
Minh built a small wooden hut at the northern extremity of the lake.
Minh 在湖泊的北端蓋了一間小木屋。
at the [direction] extremity of [place]
A red flag marked the eastern extremity of the farm where the road turned to dirt.
一面紅色的旗子標示著農場東邊的盡頭，從那裡道路變成了泥土路。
marked the extremity of [place]
Sahil walked all the way to the southern extremity of the island before sunset.
Sahil 在日落前一路走到了島嶼的最南端。
The lighthouse stood on the rocky extremity of the cape, visible from miles away.
燈塔矗立在海岬岩石的最末端，數英里之外都看得到。
At the western extremity of the garden, Esme had planted a row of cherry trees.
在花園的西側盡頭，Esme 種了一排櫻桃樹。
文法句型
the extremity of [noun]
at the extremity of
用法筆記
Subject is usually a geographic feature (island, coast, garden, valley). Often paired with a compass direction (northern, southern, eastern, western). Distinguish from sense 2, which refers specifically to body parts.
常見錯誤
2. the outer body parts that sit at the greatest distance from a person's heart — c
四肢末梢
離心臟最遠的手腳手指等部位
the outer body parts that sit at the greatest distance from a person's heart — chiefly the fingers, toes, hands, feet, and nose. Used most often in medical talk about cold or poor blood flow.
After hours in the snow, Sivan could no longer feel her extremities.
在雪地裡待了好幾個小時後，Sivan 已經感覺不到自己的四肢末梢。
lose feeling in one's extremities
The doctor checked Mauricio for tingling or numbness in the extremities.
醫師檢查 Mauricio 的四肢末梢有沒有刺痛或麻木的情形。
numbness/tingling in the extremities
Poor blood flow can make the extremities feel cold even in a warm room.
血液循環不良會讓四肢末梢即使在溫暖的房間裡也感到冰冷。
Frostbite often begins in the extremities, especially the fingers, toes, and nose.
凍瘡通常從四肢末梢開始發作，尤其是手指、腳趾和鼻子。
The nurse wrapped Ingrid's extremities in warm blankets to help her body recover.
護理師用溫熱的毛毯包住 Ingrid 的四肢末梢，幫助她的身體恢復。
文法句型
the extremities
in the extremities
用法筆記
Almost always plural ('the extremities'). Strongly medical: appears in clinical notes about circulation, frostbite, diabetes, and shock. Outside medicine, prefer 'hands and feet' in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
3. the highest possible level that a feeling, situation, or condition can reach — f
極度；極致
感受或狀態到達的最高程度
the highest possible level that a feeling, situation, or condition can reach — for example, the deepest grief, the sharpest pain, the harshest weather.
Selim could not describe the extremity of his joy when his daughter came home safe.
當女兒平安回家時，Selim 無法形容自己內心極度的喜悅。
the extremity of [emotion]
The extremity of the cold that winter killed many of the farmer's young animals.
那一年冬天極度的寒冷凍死了農夫許多小動物。
the extremity of [condition]
Wei was shocked by the extremity of poverty he saw in some parts of the city.
Wei 對於自己在這座城市某些地區所見到的極度貧窮感到震驚。
Marco's letters describe the extremity of pain his mother felt in her final weeks.
Marco 的書信描述了他母親在生命最後幾週所承受的極度痛苦。
The novel shows the extremity of fear that people feel during a long war.
這本小說描寫了人們在漫長戰爭中所感到的極度恐懼。
- mildness
a low or gentle degree of the same quality
文法句型
the extremity of [noun]
to such an extremity
用法筆記
Subject of the 'of' phrase is usually a feeling (joy, grief, fear) or a difficult condition (cold, poverty, pain). Distinguish from sense 4, which refers to dangerous situations rather than the high degree of a feeling.
常見錯誤
4. a very dangerous or desperate situation in which a person feels they have no goo
絕境；窘境
走投無路的危急處境或激烈手段
a very dangerous or desperate situation in which a person feels they have no good choices left — also the drastic action someone takes when pushed into such a moment.
Driven to extremities by hunger, the villagers ate the last of their seed grain.
因飢餓被逼到絕境，村民們把最後留作種子的穀物也吃掉了。
driven to extremities by [cause]
In such an extremity, Zola felt she had no choice but to ask her old enemy for help.
在這樣的絕境下，Zola 覺得自己除了向昔日的對頭求助之外別無選擇。
in such an extremity
Sven described the extremity of those days, when the family lived on bread and water for a month.
Sven 描述了那段日子的窘境，當時全家整整一個月只靠麵包和水度日。
Soldiers in that extremity sometimes did things they would later find hard to forgive.
處於那種絕境的士兵，有時會做出日後自己也難以原諒的事。
Selling the family farm was an extremity Rin's grandfather had hoped to avoid.
賣掉家裡的農場是 Rin 的祖父曾希望避免的最後手段。
- crisis
a dangerous turning point; more common in modern English
- desperation
the feeling of having no options; sense 4 covers both feeling and act
- last resort
the drastic action itself, not the situation
文法句型
driven to extremities
in such an extremity
用法筆記
Often appears in the fixed phrase 'driven to extremities' (forced by circumstances into a drastic act). Distinguish from sense 3: sense 4 is about being trapped in a dangerous moment, while sense 3 is about the high degree of a feeling or condition.