单词 | in extremis |
释义 | in extremisadv. On the point of death. In later use also: in extreme circumstances; at a point of extreme hardship or suffering. ΚΠ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 348 Þat is in extremis..amonges saracenes and iewes. a1530 R. Pace Let. to Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 199 Mr. Dean off Paulis hath lyen continually synst Thursdaye in extremis and is not yitt dedde. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 504 An Irish frier..disguising a Confession & other Ceremonies, us'd in extremis. 1764 G. Williams in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 321 The Master of the Rolls..tumbled out of his chair last Sunday at church, and is, they say, in extremis. 1840 R. H. Barham Lady Rohesia in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 275 His lady was in extremis. 1883 O. L. Barbour Treat. Criminal Law State N.Y. (ed. 3) I. i. ii. 78 He must be in extremis, fully believing himself to be about to die. 1933 G. D. Abraham Mod. Mountaineering i. 8 To use this refuge for ordinary mountaineering is an abuse; it is only intended and equipped for special parties in extremis. 1955 Times 23 Aug. 4/6 She deserved human status by confessing, in extremis, her sympathy with her fellow men. 2014 Guardian 24 May (Review section) 19/5 A group of euthanasiasts who infiltrate hospitals and put those in extremis out of their misery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1400 |
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