英和和英

読み方 きょくど

名詞

1

（＝極み）The highest degree; the utmost; the extreme; a culmination; the highest possibility; the highest potential

用例

• 蒸気の利用は極度に達している
  The utilization of steam has reached its highest potential.

• 彼の熱心は極度に達した
  His enthusiasm has reached a climax.
• 熱心が極度に達して狂気になった
  His enthusiasm has culminated in madness.
• 彼は極度の神経衰弱にかかっている
  His is an extreme case of nervous prostration.
• 彼は極度の節倹を行っている
  He lives with the utmost frugality.

2

（＝極点）the summit; the zenith; the meridian; a climax:（最低点、どん底は）the bottom; the nadir; the worst

用例

• 英国は繁栄の極度に達している
  England is at the summit of her prosperity―at the zenith of her prosperity―at the meridian of her prosperity.

• 彼は不運の極度に達している
  He is at the bottom of Fortune's wheel
  His fortune is at its nadir.
• 不景気も極度に達すると直る
  When things are at their worst, they will mend.
• あの頃は道徳の廃頽は極度に達した
  In those days, the depravity of morals was at its worst.