extremis

🇺🇸 /ɪkˈstriːmɪs/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈstriːmɪs/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
noun
R

On the point of death.

The doctor said that the patient was extremis, and we should prepare for the worst.

醫生說病人危在旦夕,我們應該為最壞的情況做好準備。

translation

n. 临终