In extremis

adv.

1. 在危急关头；在紧急情况下；在绝境
   in a very difficult situation when very strong action is needed
2. 临终；弥留之际
   at the moment of death

1. PHRASE 在极端情况下;在绝境中
   If someone or something is in extremis, they are in a very difficult situation and have to use extreme methods.
   1. Yet now he was here, in extremis, to seek an alliance...
      然而现在他就在这里,在绝境中寻求联盟。
   2. The use of antibiotics is permitted only in extremis.
      只有在万不得已的情况下才允许使用抗生素。
2. PHRASE 弥留之际
   You can say that someone is in extremis when they are very ill and likely to die.
   1. ...to treat patients who were in extremis.
      治疗处于弥留之际的病人

1. Yet now he was here, in extremis, to seek an alliance
   然而现在他就在这里，在绝境中寻求联盟。
2. The use of antibiotics is permitted only in extremis.
   只有在万不得已的情况下才允许使用抗生素。
3. At home in extremis I can shout and throw things; if I did that at work I would probably get fired.
   在家的时候，极端情况下我可以大声喊叫和丢东西，如果上班时我这么干，多半会被炒掉。
4. In extremis, Athens would also have lost an important source of funding given that government bonds account for about 10 per cent of Greek bank assets.
   鉴于国债约占希腊银行资产的10%，在极端情况下，希腊政府还将失去一个重要的资金来源。
5. I'll play four at the back that can face the characteristics presented by the opposition, if Stam doesn't make it then Simic or in extremis, Kaladze will play.
   回去之后看看他们的分组对抗中的表现作出一些决定，如果斯塔姆不能上场，西米奇或许可以，卡拉泽将上场。
6. The eurozone now has a permanent rescue system and a central bank that, in extremis, will act as lender as last resort.
   欧元区现在有一个永久性的纾困体系和一个在紧急关头充当最后贷款人的央行。
7. He is in extremis and unlikely to see the night out.
   他快要死了，可能活不过今夜。
8. The industry came together quickly with another proposed patch to prevent a repeat of the Knight debacle: a kill switch that could be used in extremis to cut a trading firm off from the exchanges.
   业界很快就凑合出了又一个补丁，以求阻止Knight系统故障重演：一个可以在极端情况下将交易机构与交易所断开的切断开关（killswitch）。
9. Forgetting that most people in extremis want a peaceful and painless end, these experts see cancer or heart disease or whatever primarily as riddles to be deciphered.
   他们将癌症、心脏病、或其他主要的疾病看作是需要破解的谜，却忘了大多数临终的病人希望能平静、毫无痛苦的死去。
10. This alarm button be only to be used in extremis
    此警报按钮只在紧急情况下使用
11. Mr Mandelson made clear a Chinese failure to deliver change could force Brussels to resort to trade defence measures, such as anti-dumping duties, or – in extremis – complaints to the World Trade Organisation.
    曼德尔森明确表示，如果中国未能做出改变，可能迫使欧盟方面诉诸于贸易保护措施，比如反倾销税，或者在极端情况下向世界贸易组织（WTO）提出申诉。
12. In extremis, he says, banks might have to be broken up by law if they become too big to fail without bringing down the whole financial system.
    他说，在极端情况下，如果银行变得“太大而不能倒”，给整个金融体系带来崩溃威胁时，它们可能不得不依法进行分拆。
13. Step four: remember that, in extremis, bankruptcy can be your friend.
    第四步：请记住，在极端的情形下，破产可以帮到你。
14. And where the tests show it to be necessary, banks must raise high-quality capital from either markets or, in extremis, national governments to secure their future.
    在测试表明其为必要之举的情况下，银行必须从市场或是（在极端的情况下）从政府那里筹集优质资本，以为确保它们的未来。
15. Keynes argued that governments, in extremis, could boost demand by digging holes.
    凯恩斯认为，在极端情况下，政府能通过雇人挖土坑的方式刺激需求。
16. Today, Asia is proposing to create a$ 120bn pool of foreign exchange reserves for subscribers to tap in extremis.
    现在，亚洲各国正筹划创建一个规模为1200亿美元的外汇储备库，以备协议签署国的不时之需。
17. This is why the financial times has accepted the need for bond buying in extremis.
    这就是为什么英国《金融时报》承认有必要在危急时刻买入债券。
18. But intervention will only be used in extremis.
    但干预将只能在紧要关头时使用。

adv

1. at the point of death