新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

extentIELTS重点词汇

英 [ɪkˈstent]

[NOUN]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

1. [SING 单数型名词] 程度
If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it.
近义词
magnitude , amount , degree , scale
双语例句
例：
The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution.
政府本身对工业污染的程度知之甚少。
例：
The full extent of the losses was disclosed yesterday.
全部的损失情况在昨天被披露了。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 长度 , 广度 , 范围
The extent of something is its length, area, or size.
双语例句
例：
Industry representatives made it clear that their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
业界代表们申明他们只承诺维持森林的规模而不是其生物多样性。

PHRASE. 习语

to a large extent , to some extent , to a certain extent
1. 在很大程度上 , 在某种程度上 , 在一定程度上
You use expressions such as to a large extent, to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.
双语例句
例：
It was and, to a large extent, still is a good show.
它曾经是个好节目，而且在很大程度现在也是。
例：
To some extent this was the truth.
在某种程度上这是事实。
例：
To a certain extent it's easier for men to get work.
在一定程度上，男性更容易找到工作。
例：
This also endangers American interests in other regions, although to a lesser extent.
尽管程度上较小，这也危害美国在其他区域的利益。
to what extent , to that extent , to the extent that
1. 在何种程度上 , 在那种程度上 , 在这种程度上
You use expressions such as to what extent, to that extent, or to the extent that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true.
双语例句
例：
It's still not clear to what extent this criticism is originating from within the ruling party.
现在还不清楚这种批判有多少源自执政党内部。
例：
To that extent they helped bring about their own destruction.
从那种程度上而言，是他们招致了自己的毁灭。
例：
He could only be sorry to the extent that this affected his grandchildren.
事情甚至都影响到了他的孙辈，他只有伤心的份儿。
例：
We may not be able to do it to the extent that we would like.
我们可能做不到我们想要的那种程度。
to the extent of , to the extent that , to such an extent that
1. 到…地步 , 到那种地步 , 到如此地步
You use expressions such as to the extent of, to the extent that, or to such an extent that in order to emphasize that a situation has reached a difficult, dangerous, or surprising stage.
双语例句
例：
Ford kept his suspicions to himself, even to the extent of going to jail for a murder he obviously didn't commit.
福特把自己的怀疑藏在心里，即使到了被冤枉犯有谋杀罪而入狱的地步他也不说。