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极度───extreme;渴望───yearn
heat in the desert was extreme.───沙漠中极其炎热。
His views tend towards the extreme.───他的观点趋于偏激。
His politics are extreme.───他的政治观点偏激。
The two Koreas' situation is often compared to that of West and East Germany in the 1980s, but it's more extreme in several ways.───韩国和朝鲜通常会被拿来与20世纪80年代的西德和东德作比较,但是朝鲜半岛的情况在很多方面都更为极端。
At the other extreme, poor Guizhou has an income per head close to that of India.───在另一个极端,贫穷的贵州的人均收入与印度接近。
This may be an extreme example, but I have to admit I forget more things more of the time than I dare to try and remember.───这可能是个比较极端的例子,但我不得不承认,更多的时候,我忘记的东西比我敢于尝试并记住的东西要多得多。