uttermost

英 [ˈʌtəməʊst]

美 [ˈʌtərmoʊst]

n.  极端，最大限度

BNC.39323 / COCA.43447

英英释义

noun

• the greatest possible degree
  1. he tried his utmost
  Synonym:utmostmaximumlevel best

adj

• (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
  1. had traveled to the farthest frontier
  2. don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree
  3. explored the furthest reaches of space
  4. the utmost tip of the peninsula
  Synonym:farthermostfarthestfurthermostfurthestutmost

双语例句

• Man tries to conquer darkness, piercing to the uttermost depths in darkness for the gloomy stone.
  人给黑暗制定了界限，探讨幽暗阴晦的坚石，挖至地层深处。
• Before making our uttermost efforts, let's step back and ask whether the project is worth all our trouble.
  先别忙着竭尽全力，让我们退一步先想想做这个项目这么麻烦是不是划得来。
• What letter in the alphabet can travel the greatest distance? If she fled to the uttermost parts of the earth I should pursue her.
  字母表中什么字母能走遍天涯海角？任凭她逃到天涯海角，我也要穷追不舍。
• Fee's eyes were no longer up to anything beyond the uttermost effort of keeping the books.
  菲已经目不斜视，将她的全部精力都集中在记帐上了。
• She would pay to the uttermost farthing; she would tell, there and then.
  她应该把最后一文钱的帐还清，就在这里和这时候把一切都说出来。
• He would have us like these toughened pieces of steel, able to bear twisting and crushing to the uttermost without collapse.
  祂要我们像坚韧的钢一般，无论怎样受绞受压，都不会破碎。
• "Well, den-" She drew a big breath like a child, as she voiced to the uttermost all she cared to demand of life.
  “那么&”她像个孩子一样吸了一口长气，鼓足了劲，提出了她对生活的最大愿望。
• I wish myself at the uttermost ends of the earth!
  我恨不得逃到天边才好！
• Every day in imagination I made a trip round the world, and I saw many wonders from the uttermost parts of the earth& marvels of invention, treasuries of industry and skill and all the activities of human life actually passed under my finger tips.
  每天我都会在想象中周游世界，我见识了许多世界奇迹&伟大的发明，工业技术的结晶，以及多姿多彩的人类生活一一在我的指尖下滑过。
• Extreme cold; extreme caution; extreme pleasure; utmost contempt; to the utmost degree; in the uttermost distress.
  极冷；极度谨慎；极度的高兴；极大的耻辱；达到最大的程度；悲痛至极。