extremity
英 [ɪk'stremɪtɪ; ek-]
美 [ɪk'strɛməti]
英語の語源
- 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.
例文
- 1. In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane.
- 完全に世間から隔絶されているにもかかわらず、彼女は心が健全である。
- 2.The lake is situated at the eastern extremity of the mountain range.
- 湖は山脈の最東端に位置しています。
- 3.Man 's extremity is God 's opportunitiy.
- 車は山の前まで必ず道がある。
- 4.What shall we do in this extremity ？
- このような極めて困難な状況下で私たちはどうすればいいのでしょうか。
- 5.Only in extremity ，when his defences had been reduced by six weeks of bombing，was he ready to leave.
- 6週間の爆撃を経て、彼の防御はもう一撃にも耐えられず、このような極端な状況の下で彼は離れたくなった。
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