extreme
/ɪkˈstriːm/
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- Short i vowel
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- Final e often stays silent
ɪk - ˈstriːm -> extreme
(adj) ထူးကသော။ လွန်ကသော။ ပြင်းထန်သော။ အစွန်း ရောက်သော။ တစ်ဖက်စွန်း ရောက်သော။ ဝေးခေါင်ကွာလှမ်းသော။ အစွန်အဖျား။ အစွန်းရောက်မှု။ တစ်ဖက်စွန်း။ လွန်ကဲမှု။ ပြင်းထန်မှု။ (n) အစွန်းရောက်မှု
၁။ (က) ထူးကဲသော။
suffering from extreme anxiety ❍ a period of extreme coolness in diplomatic relations ❍ show extreme flexibility.
(ခ) လွန်ကဲသော။ ပြင်းထန်သော။
take extreme measures ❍ The child will be removed from its parents only in extreme cases. ❍ He promised he would not resort to anything as extreme as plastic surgery.
(ဂ) (often derog )
အစွန်း ရောက်သော။ တစ်ဖက်စွန်း ရောက်သော။
an extreme nationalist organization ❍ hold extreme left-wing/ right-wing views ❍ His ideas are too extreme for me.
၂။ ဝေးခေါင်ကွာလှမ်းသော။ အစွန်အဖျား။
in the extreme north of a country ❍ at the extreme edge of the forest.
n [C usu pl ]
၁။ အစွန်းရောက်မှု။ တစ်ဖက်စွန်း။
dealing with her extremes of mood ❍ The truth lies somewhere between these two extremes. ❍ She was once terribly shy but now she's gone to the opposite/other extreme.
၂။ လွန်ကဲမှု။ ပြင်းထန်မှု။
He could not tolerate the extremes of heat in the desert.
❏ extremely adv (usu with adjs and advs ) အလွန်အမင်း။ အလွန့်အလွန်။
extremely complicated/ dangerous/ useful ❍ That's extremely unlikely ❍ I'm extremely sorry for the delay. ❍ He behaved extremely badly.
❏ extremism n [U] အစွန်းရောက်ဝါဒ။
the dangers of political extremism.
❏ extremist n (usu derog )
အစွန်းရောက်ဝါဒီ။ assassinated by extremists ❍ extremist policies.
❏ extremity /Çk'stremǝti/ n (fml )
၁။ (က) [C] အစွန်အဖျား။ အစွန်း။
at the camp's northern extremity.
(ခ) extremities [pl] ခြေဖျားလက်ဖျား စသည်။ Cold affects the extremities first.
၂။ [C, U] လွန်ကဲခြင်း။ reach an extremity/ the extremities of pain ❍ observe how people react in extremity or under pressure.
❏ go etc to extremes [IDM ] အစွန်းရောက်သည်၊ ရောက်စေ သည်။ In the jungle they were driven to extremes in order to survive.
❏ in the extreme [IDM ] (fml ) လွန်လွန်ကဲကဲ။ ပြင်းပြင်း ထန်ထန်။ I found his remarks about the cooking offensive in the extreme.
- Extreme poverty/hardship
- Use extreme caution when driving in wet conditions.
- Will the clothing give protection against extreme cold?
- Extreme right-wing views
- Their demands were seen as being too extreme.
- It seemed a bit extreme to call the police.
- [an extreme case] : In extreme cases, your membership may be cancelled.
- [an extreme example (of something)] : This city’s problems offer an extreme example of the difficulties faced by the country as a whole.
- The police were accused of using extreme violence against the protesters.
- [the extreme end/edge/tip] : The wooden buildings are situated at the extreme tip of the island.
- [the extreme left/right/north/south] : The minister is on the extreme left of the picture.
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