late 14c., from utter (adj.) + -most. More recent than utmost. Compare utmost. Middle English also had uttermore (late 14c.), now, alas, no longer with us.
实用例句
1. I am ready to pay to the uttermost farthing.
我情愿把这笔债全部还清,连零儿都不剩.
来自辞典例句
2. If she fled to the uttermost parts of the earth I should pursue her.
任凭她逃到天涯海角,我也要穷追不舍.
来自辞典例句
3. Fee's eyes were no longer up to anything beyond the uttermost effort of keeping the books.
菲已经目不斜视,将她的全部精力都集中在记帐上了.
来自辞典例句
4. But wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
忿怒临到他们身上,已经到了极处.
来自互联网
5. The debt shall be paid to the uttermost farthing.
