第一百零二讲
extremely
adv副词（用于形容词和副词前）非常，极其 You use extremely in front of adjectives and adverbs to emphasize that the specified quality is present to a very great degree.
My mobile phone is extremely useful... 我的手机非常有用。
These headaches are extremely common... 这类头痛非常常见。
Three of them are working extremely well. 他们中有3个人工作非常好。
extreme
1. adj.极端的 You use extreme to describe situations and behavior which are much more severe or unusual than you would expect, especially when you disapprove of them because of this.
It is hard to imagine Linker capable of anything so extreme... 很难想象莱恩克尔能做出如此极端的事情。
2. adj偏激的;过激的 You use extreme to describe opinions, beliefs, or political movements which you disapprove of because they are very different from those that most people would accept as reasonable or normal.
This extreme view hasn't captured popular opinion. 这种偏激的观点未被大众接受。
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go to extremes & take …to extremes
3. 走极端;使…至极端 If a person goes to extremes or takes something to extremes, they do or say something in a way that people consider to be unacceptable, unreasonable, or foolish.
The police went to the extremes of installing the most advanced safety devices in the man's house... 警方采取极端措施，在那个男子家里安装了最先进的安全装置。
The doctor told me not to mention dieting to her in case she took it to the extreme... 医生告诉我不要跟她提节食的事儿，免得她走极端。
maximize
动词 使增加至最大限度;充分利用(或重视) If you maximize something, you make it as great in amount or importance as you can.
In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output...
为了获得最大利润，这家公司会把产量增至最大。
They were looking for suitable ways of maximizing their electoral support.
他们正在寻找合适的途径来最大限度地获得选民的支持。
minimize
动词使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度 If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
Many of these problems can be minimized by sensible planning. 这些问题很多可以通过合理安排尽可能避免。
Translation
Para. 6a 在工厂农场中，动物猛兽的痛苦程度简直无法想象。为了获取生产最大值，成千上万的动物被圈养在极其狭小的空间内。