adj.极度的；极端的
n.极端；极限
Extreme cold can wake a hibernating animal. 极度的寒冷能使正在冬眠的动物苏醒。
The extreme heat sapped his strength and health. 极度的暑热逐渐损耗他的体力兴健康。
Extreme poverty had reduced them to a state of apathy. 极端的贫困使他们万念俱灰。
His political views are rather extreme. 他的政治观点相当极端。
用作名词 (n.)Love and hate are extremes. 爱和恨是两个极端。
Starvation is at one extreme of the spectrum of food intake; obesity is at the other. 饥饿是食物摄入量的一个极端,肥胖则是另一个极端。
Extreme sports are a drug for him. 他酷爱极限运动。
Another extreme sport is snowboarding. 另外一个极限运动的例子则是滑雪。
extreme用作形容词的基本意思是距离中心或起点“尽可能远的”,引申可指“极度的,极端的”; 也可指人或意见等“过激的”“偏激的”。
extreme一般不修饰improvement,development等表示动作的名词,而修饰表示状态的名词。
n.(名词)extreme用作名词时意为“极端”,是可数名词,常用复数形式。既可指感情、状况等的极端,也可指人能忍受某环境达到的最大限度。
