However, when pushed these mechanisms can fail leading to an extreme breakdown.

然而，当推动时，这些机制可能会失败，导致极端崩溃。

There is a tendency in contemporary economic theory to run to an extreme.

当代经济理论存在着走极端的趋势。

If any of these feelings go to an extreme, we might say we " broke out in a cold sweat" .

如果这些感觉走到了极端，我们可以说我们" 突然冒了一身冷汗" （broke out in a cold sweat）。

It's a way of emphasizing, you might even say to an extreme.

这是一种强调的方式，你甚至可以说到极致。

These are all positive things, but what if we take this to an extreme?

这些都是积极的事情， 但是如果我们把它发挥到极致呢？

But some rail companies have pushed the boundaries of what is considered “service” to an extreme.

但一些铁路公司已经将所谓“服务”的界限推向了极致。

As I mentioned, Simon's distaste for the office drove him to an extreme and extremely enviable solution.

正如我提到的， 西蒙对办公室的厌恶促使他采取了一种极端且极其令人羡慕的解决方案。

He pushed to an extreme the axiom that the only safe plotter was he who plotted alone.

他把唯一安全的策划者是独自策划的公理推向了极致。

On Venus, you probably have real lightning to an extreme extent, which contain an enormous amounts of energy and go for miles and miles.

在金星上有超级闪电带有巨大的能量，长达数英里。

By living and adapting to an extreme climate like this, the people settling there are forced to come up with new and innovative designs.

通过生活和适应这样极端的气候，定居于此的人们被迫提出新颖且创新的设计。

To go overboard, " overboard, " means to do something - too much of something - to do it to an extreme.

to go overboard， “overboard”意思是做某事——做某事太多——以致于做到极致。

During the whole time Julien had been absent she had been the prey to an extreme unhappiness which had made her reflect.

于连不在的这段时间里， 她一直沉浸在一种极度的不幸之中， 这使她反省。

To some extent, most people who kill are just normal people being driven by normal desires, rage, jealousy, hate, just taken to an extreme.

某种程度上，大多数杀人的人都只是被正常的欲望、愤怒、嫉妒、仇恨所驱使的正常人，只是走到了极端。

While we also know that there is great value in teaching our boys the importance of independence, it can be stymied when taken to an extreme.

虽然我们也知道教导我们的男孩独立的重要性有很大的价值，但如果走极端， 它可能会受到阻碍。

Looking to make the desktop metaphor even easier and friendlier, it worked on a product called Microsoft Bob, and it took the idea of using metaphors to an extreme.

为了使桌面隐喻变得更加简单和友好，它开发了一款名为 Microsoft Bob 的产品，并将使用隐喻的想法发挥到了极致。

Mercury is relatively more elliptical than the rest, yet it is still closer to zero than it is to one, meaning that it is closer to a circle than to an extreme ellipse.

水星相对而言比其他行星更椭圆，但它仍然更接近于零而不是1，这意味着它更接近圆形而不是极端的唇形。

Someone who is overindulged and given too much attention by their parents at a young age, if they don't get what they want, they can show baby-like behavior to an extreme of even throwing tantrums.

有些人在很小的时候就被父母溺爱并给予过多的关注，如果他们得不到他们想要的，他们会表现出婴儿般的行为，甚至会发脾气。

That means that she's very focused but also someone who perhaps takes things to an extreme degree, who maybe talks too much or is very concentrated in such a way that she doesn't pay attention to anyone around her.

这意味着她非常专注， 但也可能会把事情发挥到极致，她可能会说话太多， 或者非常专注， 以至于她不会注意周围的任何人。