记忆方法
联想:艾克斯(人名)坠马极端危险。坠马真的非常非常危险。要不然动物园里有那种起码的项目,必须要有专业的骑马技术员全程陪同呢?因为非常(extremely)危险(dangerous)。
也可以用词根词缀记忆法:
ex=出,超出;treme=dream;连起来就是超出了梦想的,做梦都没想到。
所以,非常地意外和极端,引申出极端的、极度的。
双解例句
小知识
Something extreme is far out, either in terms of distance or intensity. Extreme sports are wild or dangerous, and an extreme height is very high.
When you talk about extreme things, you're talking about things that are very, very…something. An extreme point is the farthest distance from a place. Extreme eating is a type of contest — like hot dog-eating — in which people eat a freakish amount of food to compete with each other. An extreme biker is biking down dangerously steep mountain sides. Anything extreme is pushing the limits and taking things about as far as they can go.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
in the extreme 非常;极度
extreme poverty 极端贫穷
extreme point 极点,端点
extreme:普通用词,指最远的意思时,与farthest和outermost含义相当。
utmost:较正式用词,指最远部分或最远地区。
outermost:指离中心最远的或指一个平面或物体最外边的部分。
farthest是far的最高级形式,指最大的距离。
furthest与farthest相比,除指数量或程度上的最多或最大。
词根词缀
词根: extre
=out,表示”出去,外”
adj.
extreme 末端的,尽头的;极度的extre出去,外+me→超出的,极端的
n.
extreme 极端;最大程度extre出去,外+me→超出的,极端的
extremity 末端, 极端, 极度, 穷困, 绝境, 临死, 非常手段, 手足extreme极度的+ity表名词→末端, 极端
同义词辨析
同义词
endmost / terminal / last / final / conclusive
exaggerated / excessive / extravagant / radical / overdone / drastic
extravagant / most / intense / supreme / radical / endmost / violent / forwards / conclusive / outrageous / drastic / utter / profound / last / overdone / final / intemperate / exaggerated / forward / terminal / unreasonable / limit / tall / utmost / or / desperation / excessive / deep
同根词
词根:extreme
adv.extremely非常,极其;极端地
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