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extremity

英 [ɪk'stremɪtɪ; ek-]美 [ɪk'strɛməti]

n. 極端；絕境；非常手段；手足

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記憶方法

1. 因爲人的四肢、手足在軀體、軀幹的兩端，由此引申爲此意。

英語詞源

extremity (n.)

late 14c., "one of two things at the extreme ends of a scale," from Old French estremite

(13c.), from Latin extremitatem (nominative extremitas) "the end of a thing," from extremus "outermost;" see extreme (adj.), the etymological sense of which is better preserved in this word. Meaning "utmost point or end" is from c. 1400; meaning "limb or organ of locomotion, appendage" is from early 15c. (compare extremities). Meaning "highest degree" of anything is early 15c. Related: Extremital.

權威例句

1. In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane.

儘管完全與世隔絕，她依然心智健全。

2. The lake is situated at the eastern extremity of the mountain range.

湖位於山脈最東端。

3. Man's extremity is God's opportunitiy.

車到山前必有路.

4. What shall we do in this extremity?

在這種極其困難的情況下我們該怎麼辦 呢 ?

5. Only in extremity, when his defences had been reduced by six weeks of bombing, was he ready to leave.

經過6周的轟炸，他的防禦已經不堪一擊，在這種極端情況下他才願意離開。

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