| 单词 | maximum |
| 释义 | maximum (once / 505 pages) adjn Both a noun and an adjective, maximum takes it to the max: it means the most, the fastest, the biggest. "The most you can have is the maximum": that's the noun. In "the maximum amount is the most you can have," it's used as an adjective. You might be familiar with the shortened version of the word: the "max." If you take something "to the max," you're doing as much of it as possible. You take it to the limit. You take it to the maximum. WORD FAMILYmaximum: maxima, maximise, maximize, maximums+/maximise: maximisation, maximised, maximising/maximize: maximization, maximized, maximizes, maximizing USAGE EXAMPLESSomeone convicted of killing a turtle faces a maximum fine of about $240 and up to three months in jail. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) French forward Giroud said his strike owed much to "maximum luck". BBC(Jan 01, 2017) It’s not that she hasn’t courted maximum attention, both adoring and hostile; she is, after all, starring in an E! New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj the greatest or most complete or best possible maximum pressure Syn|Ant maximal supreme greatest or maximal in degree; extreme minimal, minimum the least possible borderline, marginalof questionable or minimal quality negligibleso small as to be meaningless; insignificant nominal, token, tokenishinsignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) stripped, stripped-downhaving only essential or minimal features 2n the largest possible quantity Syn|Ant|Hyper upper limit lower limit, minimum the smallest possible quantity extremum, peak the most extreme possible amount or value large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantityan indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude 3n the greatest possible degree Syn|Hyper level best, utmost, uttermost bound, boundary, limit the greatest possible degree of something 4n the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right Ant|Hyper minimum the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right limit as far as something can go |
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