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Drastic Measures Make Change Word Action Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词

英语单词 drastic
英美音标 英 ['dræstɪk] 美 ['dræstɪk]
中文释义 adj.激烈的;重大的;极端的
英语例句 (1) His view brings a drastic argument.
(2) Drastic measures were taken to combat inflation.
(3) Talk to me before you do anything drastic.
(4) Our budget needs drastic revision.
(5) Drastic measures will have to be taken to restore order.
中文例句 (1) 他的观点引起激烈的争论。
(2) 已采取激烈措施对付通货膨胀。
(3) 你采取任何重大行动之前要跟我谈谈。
(4) 我们的预算需作重大修改。
(5) 为恢复秩序必须采取严厉措施。
vocabulary简明 Something that is drastic is violent, forceful, and extreme. If you are saving for a car and you only have $50, you need to make a drastic change to your money accumulation scheme.
vocabulary扩展 The word drastic comes from the Greek word for effective, but we use it to mean incredibly effective. If you want a drastic makeover, get rid of all your clothes, change your hair completely, and pick up a new way of speaking. Sometimes drastic action goes too far and so has bad consequences. A bankrupt company might make a drastic decision to fire the management without figuring out how to manage itself in the future.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行为)严厉的,极端的 If you have to take drastic action in order to solve a problem, you have to do something extreme and basic to solve it.
  • Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession...

    行业清理整顿需要严厉的措施。

  • He's not going to do anything drastic about economic policy.

    他不打算对经济政策作任何重大调整。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](变化)激烈的,巨大的 A drastic change is a very great change.
  • Elderly people are not in a position to make drastic changes at this stage of their life...

    上了年纪的人在他们这个人生阶段不会再有什么实质性的改变。

  • ...a drastic reduction in the numbers of people dying.

    死亡人数的大幅下降

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  • As a result, services have been drastically reduced.

    结果是服务业急剧萎缩。

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