That which is most unpleasant, grievous, unfortunate, painful, or hard to bear; a state of things that is most undesirable or most to be dreaded…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > most extreme (8) worstc1275 That which is most unpleasant, grievous, unfortunate, painful, or hard to bear; a state of things that is most undesirable or most to be dreaded… extremityc1425 A condition of extreme urgency or need; the utmost point of adversity, embarrassment, or suffering. Phrases, to †bring, drive, †put, reduce to (the… extreme fortune1531 The chance or luck (good or bad) which falls to any one as his lot in life or in a particular affair. Also in plural. †extreme fortune (= Latin res ex… exigents1588 In plural. Needs, requirements; = exigency, n. 1b. Obsolete. fine1596 The extreme part or limit of anything; a boundary. Also figurative: an extreme case or measure. Obsolete. devil1681 Predicatively, with the: something as bad as the Devil, or as bad as can be conceived; the worst thing that can happen or be met with. limit1906 colloquial (originally U.S.). The worst imaginable or endurable; a person who or thing which is exasperating or intolerable; the last straw. Also… the end of the line1948 the end of the line (transferred and figurative). Cf. the end of the road at end, n. 3h. |
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