Utmost
['ʌtməʊst] or ['ʌt'most]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
(a.) Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
(n.) The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
錄入:玛莎
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Extreme, farthest, last, most distant, most remote.[2]. Greatest, uttermost.
n. Best, most, greatest effort, highest endeavor, the most that can be done.
編輯:帕特里克
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Farthest, remotest,[See ADVANTAGE], Unroot, greatest
ANT:Nearest, smallest
杰夫編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. outmost: farthest out: most distant: last: in the greatest degree: highest.—n. the greatest that can be: the greatest effort.
錄入:帕特里斯
例句/造句/用法:
- That is a State secret of the utmost importance, and I fear that I cannot tell you, nor do I see that it is necessary. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Holmes had listened to his story with the utmost attention, and now he sat for some time in silent thought. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Many cultivated plants display the utmost vigour, and yet rarely or never seed! 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- It reached out far beyond the utmost limits of the empire, into Armenia, Persia, Abyssinia, Ireland, Germany, India, and Turkestan. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He, for his part, rushed off to the school with the utmost happiness. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- By the above singular manner of building, strength is continually given to the comb, with the utmost ultimate economy of wax. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Gramercy for the gift, bold yeoman, said the Knight; and better help than thine and thy rangers would I never seek, were it at my utmost need. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Thirty at the utmost. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It has required my utmost exertions to exist without making the least progress in our business. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Rawdon and his son went away with the utmost heaviness of heart. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Between 1532 and 1535 the insurgents held the town of Münster in Westphalia, and did their utmost to realize their ideas of a religious communism. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They met with the utmost friendliness. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Conflicting sensations of love, fear, and shame reduced Eustacia to a state of the utmost uneasiness. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I know not whether I am a true philanthropist; yet I am willing to aid you to the utmost of my power in a purpose so honest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It really did seem to impress him, to the utmost extent of his capacity of being impressed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
手打:奥斯伯特