极为

• 拼音: jí wéi
• 汉字拆解: 极 = 木 + 亟 (timber at apex — utmost); 为 = 爪 + 象 (hand guiding elephant — to act/become)

含义

Extremely; exceedingly. A formal intensifier equivalent to 'exceedingly' or 'to the highest degree'.

More formal and literary than 非常 or 很. Used in academic, journalistic, and official writing to intensify adjectives and certain verbs: 极为重要 (extremely important), 极为罕见 (exceedingly rare), 极为复杂 (highly complex). Cannot precede nouns.

例句

1. 这一考古发现极为罕见，对于研究古代丝绸之路的贸易往来具有极其重要的学术价值。
2. 谈判双方在核心利益问题上的分歧极为明显，短期内达成全面协议的可能性微乎其微。
3. 该地区的地质条件极为复杂，给大型基础设施工程的施工带来了前所未有的技术挑战。

用法指南

语境: academic, journalism, official documents

语气: emphatic

正确说法

• 专家委员会一致认为，此次气候异常事件极为严峻，有关部门须立即采取有效的应对措施以降低潜在损失。(The expert committee unanimously agreed that this climate anomaly event is extremely severe, and relevant authorities must immediately take effective countermeasures to reduce potential losses.)
• 这份历史档案的出土极为偶然，却为学术界长期存在争议的重大历史公案提供了不可辩驳的直接证据。(The unearthing of these historical archives was entirely accidental, yet it provided irrefutable direct evidence for a major historical case that has long been disputed in academic circles.)

错误说法

• 极为一个问题 — 极为 cannot modify nouns; use 极其 + adj + 的 + noun, e.g. 极其严重的问题

起源与历史

极 (extreme/utmost) + 为 (be/to the extent of)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal