| 釋義 |
extremityn. 1. utmost limit極限。 △Lr. 5. 3. 209 (208) : “And topextremitv. ”i. e. And exceed the extreme limit. 超出了(悲哀的)極限。 2. highest degree of swiftness極快。 △Rom. 1. 3. 102:“and everything in extremity.”一切都極度的慌亂。 3. extreme rigour or severity極端嚴(yán)酷。 △Lr. 3. 4. 103(101): “Thou wert better in a grave than to answerwith thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. ”你與其用你這赤裸的身體來(lái)抵擋這樣極端嚴(yán)酷的天氣.還不如進(jìn)墳?zāi)购媚亍?br/>△Com. 5. 1. 309 (308):“O time’s extremity”,啊,好無(wú)情的時(shí)間。 4. extravagance of behaviour,folly過(guò)分舉動(dòng),蠢事。 △Wiv.4.2 77 (73):“Good hearts,devise something; any extremity rather than a mischief.”好心肝兒們,想想辦法吧;寧可做荒謬的事,也不可吃眼前虧。 5. danger,peril,difficulty危險(xiǎn),險(xiǎn)情,困難。 △1H. IV. 1.2. 211 (189):“what wards,what blows,what extremities he endured,”怎么抵擋,怎么打斗,他經(jīng)受了什么樣的險(xiǎn)情。 △H.VIII.5.1.18:“The Queen’s in labour,/Theysay in great extremity,”王后正在臨產(chǎn)的陣痛之中,他們說(shuō)非常危險(xiǎn)。 6. extreme measure,final punishment,last extreme ofjustice,highest degree of violence極端措施,最終懲罰,司法的極端判決,極端暴力行動(dòng)。 △Oth. 5. 2. 135 (137):“O,Iwere damned beneath all depth in hell / But that I didproceed upon just grounds╱To this extremity.”啊,把我打入十八層地獄,要是我沒(méi)有正當(dāng)?shù)睦碛删筒扇∵@種極端行動(dòng)。 △R.III.1.1.1.64:“My Lady Grey,his wife,Clarence,’tis she / That tempers him to this extremity.”克拉侖斯.是他的妻子葛雷夫人.是她指使他采取這種極端行動(dòng)的。 7. distress or affliction in the highest degree極端苦惱,極端痛苦。 △Ham.2.2.193 (189): “And truly in myyouth I suffered much extremity for love,very nearthis.”老實(shí)說(shuō),我在年輕的時(shí)候,為了戀愛(ài)也曾經(jīng)大為苦惱.跟他這樣子差不多。 |