extreme

極度の、激しい

普通よりはるかに大きい、強い、または深刻な。

やさしい英語で： Much greater, stronger, or more serious than usual.

• The plants died in the extreme heat.
• Extreme poverty affects millions of families.
• Doctors use this treatment only in extreme cases.

類義語： severe, intense

反対語： mild, moderate

よく使う表現： extreme heat, extreme weather, extreme cases, extreme fear

最も端の、最も遠い

物の最も遠い地点や、一番外側の端にある。

やさしい英語で： At the farthest point or outermost edge of something.

• A small village lies in the extreme north.
• The crack reaches the extreme edge of the glass.
• Place the label at the extreme right of the page.

類義語： outermost, farthest

よく使う表現： extreme edge, extreme north, extreme left

極端、両極端

ある範囲で最もかけ離れた二つの値や状態、地点の一方。

やさしい英語で： One of the two most different points, amounts, or conditions in a range.

• The two proposals represent opposite extremes.
• Temperatures swing between extremes here.
• At the other extreme, some families own several homes.

使い方： at one/the other extreme (At one extreme, people have almost nothing.)

類義語： limit, end

よく使う表現： opposite extreme, at one extreme, between two extremes

極端な手段

目的を達成するために取る、普通以上に厳しい行動や手段。

やさしい英語で： An unusually severe action taken to achieve something.

• He goes to extremes for attention.
• We should avoid such extremes.
• She went to extremes to keep the secret.

使い方： go to extremes to do something (They went to extremes to protect their privacy.)

類義語： drastic measure

よく使う表現： go to extremes, such an extreme