ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXTREME | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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
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VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤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。