cực điểm

Thân thiện

Sự căng thẳng trong phòng họp đã lên đến cực điểm.

Definition

Noun: * The highest point, the utmost limit, the maximum: The peak or extreme degree of a state, condition, or intensity. It describes the point where something reaches its most intense, severe, or highest level.

Usage

• The word cực điểm is a noun. It is often used after the verb đến (to reach) to indicate reaching a peak or extreme state.
• It is used to describe abstract concepts like emotions, situations, or conditions, not physical objects.

Examples

• (The tension in the meeting room had reached its peak.)
• (The storm is at its most intense point with very strong winds.)
• (The people's indignation had reached its utmost limit.)

Advanced Usage

• Đạt đến cực điểm: To attain the peak/the utmost point.
  • Nhiệt độ mùa hè đã đạt đến cực điểm. (The summer temperature has attained its maximum.)
• Ở cực điểm: To be at the peak/at the extreme.
  • Cuộc khủng hoảng hiện đang ở cực điểm. (The crisis is currently at its peak.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cực độ (noun): Extreme degree; utmost limit. Often used interchangeably with cực điểm.
  • Sự tàn bạo cực độ. (Utmost cruelty.)
• Tột đỉnh (noun): The very summit/peak; the apex. Can be used similarly for intensity.
  • Niềm vui tột đỉnh. (The pinnacle of joy.)
• Đỉnh điểm (noun): Climax; peak point. Very close in meaning, often used for events or processes.
  • Lễ hội đang ở đỉnh điểm. (The festival is at its climax.)

Synonyms

• Đỉnh cao (noun): The height; the peak.
• Tột cùng (noun/adjective): The extreme; utmost (can also function as an adjective).
• Maximum (noun, from English): The greatest possible amount or degree.

Antonyms

• Cực tiểu (noun): Minimum; the lowest point.
• Điểm thấp nhất (noun phrase): The lowest point.
• Mức tối thiểu (noun phrase): The minimum level.

Học thuật

noun

1. ulmost; maximum; extreme
   • đến cực điểm
     To the ulmost