extremity /ɪkˈstrɛmɪtɪ/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The extremity of something is its farthest end or edge. 尽头; 末端 [正式] [with supp]

  例：

  ...a small port on the north-western extremity of the Iberian peninsula.

  ...一个位于伊比利亚半岛最西北端的小港口。

  例：

  ...the extremities of the aeroplane.

  ...飞机的两端。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL Your extremities are the end parts of your body, especially your hands and feet. 身体末梢 [oft with poss]

  例：

  He found that his extremities grew cold.

  他发现他的手脚变冷了。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT The extremity of a situation or of someone's behaviour is the degree to which it is severe, unusual, or unacceptable. 极端 [also N in pl, oft N 'of' n]

  例：

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

  尽管完全与世隔绝，她依然神智清醒。

  例：

  In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate.

  过去，这个地区受到令人生畏的地理条件和极端的天气状况的保护。