English English Dictionary
- extreme in English:
1. drastic
Drastic measures must be taken to prevent the further spread of the virus.
The situation calls for drastic measures.
The invention of TV caused a drastic change in our daily life.
The government will have to take drastic action to solve the problem.
Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy.
Japan has undergone a drastic change as a result of industrialization.
That was probably just before Mai took the drastic step of leaving home.
Electing this mayor proved to be a drastic mistake.
The time is ripe for a drastic reform.
Such drastic economic growth cannot be sustained.
The department works better now in spite of some drastic changes.
The Congressman broke the news of conspiracy and made no bones about taking drastic action against it.
The government undertook a drastic reform of parliament.
drastic changes
The recession forced us to make drastic changes in the structure of our firm.
2. very large in amount or degree
English word "extreme"(very large in amount or degree) occurs in sets:
Klasa tłumaczenie XI 20113. exceptional
We only let people through the police cordon in exceptional circumstances.
We met thanks to an exceptional coincidence.
This is an exceptional case.
you're an exceptional woman
He has exceptional sense of humor
He is good, not to say exceptional.
He showed exceptional ability in mathematics.
What other exceptional qualities could be used as criteria?
Her abilities are exceptional.
visitors are only allowed in exceptional circumstances
I would like to apologize for this exceptional error/ mistake.
an exceptional student
The circumstances in the case of Kosovo are exceptional.
exceptional service
The distributors are asking for an exceptional margin.
4. radical
The government watched the activities of radical groups carefully.
His ideas are too radical to be acceptable to most people.
A radical disarmament treaty prohibits all armaments and armed forces.
She has a very radical opinion about the problem.
You'd better leave off such a radical idea.
Some are moderate; some are radical.
What's radical today may be cliché tomorrow.
For this design house it was an appropriate strategy to introduce even more radical colors into computer production.
He is very progressive, not to say radical.
They are proposing radical changes to the way the company is run.
He is radical in thoughts.
Mary has a radical swimming pool in front of her house.
His radical views have made me angry.
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
5. profound impact
English word "extreme"(profound impact) occurs in sets:
english words6. blistering
blistering day in July
The blistering heat was so unbearable that she thought she would faint.
