in extremis
adverb
uk/ˌɪn ɪkˈstriː.mɪs/us/ˌɪn ɪkˈstriː.mɪs/formal
in anextremelydifficultsituation:
在绝境中I'll onlyaskthebankfor aloanin extremis.我只有在万般无奈时才会向银行申请贷款。
medicalspecialized
at themomentofdeath
弥留之际Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom
- be climbing the wallsidiom
- be for the high jumpidiom
- be/come up against a brick wallidiom
- doo-doo
- embattled
- fall intosomething
- flounder
- frying pan
- jungle
- leg
- meetyourWaterlooidiom
- multiproblem
- not have a leg to stand onidiom
- on a razor edgeidiom
- out of the frying pan into the fireidiom
- rocky
- sticky
- weed
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