in extremis

英[ˌɪnɪk'striːmɪs] 美[ˌɪnɪk'striːmɪs]
  • 弥留之际,在极其困难的情况下
  • extremis n.紧急关头
  • in prep.在...里;在...地方;在...期间;在...方面;进入...里面;处于...状态;穿着...;以...的方式adv.在家;入;进;向里;在某地;并入;在某种关系中adj.在里面的;新来的;执政的;时髦的n.当权者;影响;达成目标的路径
Adverb:
  1. at the point of death

    1. In the final stages he would beg his daughter for the needle.
      在弥留之际,他会向女儿乞求麻醉药。
    2. In the moribund patient deepening coma are the usual preludes to death.
      病人弥留之际,加深的昏睡通常是死的前兆。