English Dictionary

extreme

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪkˈstɹiːm/

名詞

廃用 複数形 複数形のみ

The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition. / Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale. / (obsolete, plural only) One of the last moments of life. / A drastic expedient.

日本語の意味

最大限の、極限の状態・程度 / 範囲や尺度の両端に位置するもの / （時代遅れで、複数形のみ）生命の最終瞬間の一つ / 抜本的なまたは過激な手段

She pushed the experiment to the extreme to see how the materials would behave under stress.

彼女は材料が応力下でどのように振る舞うかを見るために、実験を極限まで押し進めた。

意味（1）

The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

意味（2）

Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.

extremes of temperature

意味（3）

(obsolete, plural only) One of the last moments of life.

意味（4）

A drastic expedient.

Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.

意味（5）

(obsolete, plural only) Hardships, straits.

a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, And might, if my extreames had ful euents, Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.

意味（6）

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

extremes （ plural ）