utmost是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 最远的, 最大的, 极度的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was coming!In utmost terror and agony, she knew it was upon her now, in extremity of bliss.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The little monkey had crept by the skylight of one garret, along the roof, into the skylight of the other, and it was with the utmost difficulty I could coax her out again.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Quilp, who was as strong as a lion, easily kept his hold until the boy was tugging at it with his utmost power, when he suddenly let it go and sent him reeling backwards, so that he fell violently upon his head.
-- In a few minutes Mr Quilp returned, and expressed the utmost surprise to find her in this condition, which he did very naturally and with admirable effect, for that kind of acting had been rendered familiar to him by long practice, and he was quite at home in it.
-- Richard Swiveller, who had been looking over the rim of the tumbler while his companion addressed the foregoing remarks to him with great energy and earnestness of manner, no sooner heard these words than he evinced the utmost consternation, and with difficulty ejaculated the monosyllable:'What!'
-- At length, he gave the matter up, as hopeless for that night, and suddenly breaking into a run as though to force himself away, scampered off at his utmost speed, nor once ventured to look behind him lest he should be tempted back again.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I saw a public prosecutor in court trying his utmost to convict an unfortunate boy, who could only arouse compassion in any unperverted man----" "If I thought so, I should give up my position," said Ignatius Nikiforovitch, rising.
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