uttermost是什么意思

uttermost

英 ['ʌtəməʊst] 美 ['ʌtɚmost]

n. 最大限度；极端
adj. 极度的；极端的；最远的；最高的

英文词源

uttermost (adj.): late 14c., from utter (adj.) + -most. More recent than utmost. Compare utmost. Middle English also had uttermore (late 14c.), now, alas, no longer with us.

双语例句

1. I am ready to pay to the uttermost farthing.: 我情愿把这笔债全部还清,连零儿都不剩.

2. If she fled to the uttermost parts of the earth I should pursue her.: 任凭她逃到天涯海角,我也要穷追不舍.

3. Fee's eyes were no longer up to anything beyond the uttermost effort of keeping the books.: 菲已经目不斜视,将她的全部精力都集中在记帐上了.

4. But wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.: 忿怒临到他们身上,已经到了极处.

5. The debt shall be paid to the uttermost farthing.: 欠债要还得一个子儿也不剩.

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