nth

英 [enθ]

美 [enθ]

adj.  (某事已发生多次，并强调其频繁性)第n个的，第n次的

BNC.34684 / COCA.24207

习惯用语

adj.

to the nth degree
• 极端地；非常地；极大程度上
  extremely; to an extreme degree

牛津词典

adj.

• （某事已发生多次，并强调其频繁性）第n个的，第n次的
  used when you are stating that sth is the last in a long series and emphasizing how often sth has happened
  1. It's the nth time I've explained it to you.
     这件事我已经向你解释过无数遍了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (一系列事物中)第 n 次的，第 n 位的
  If you refer to the most recent item in a series of things as thenthitem, you are emphasizing the number of times something has happened.
  1. The story was raised with me for the nth time two days before the article appeared.
     在我第n次被问及这件事情的两天后，相关文章登了出来。
• PHRASE 极度地;极大程度上
  If something is doneto the nth degree, it is done to an extreme degree.
  1. Ned and I discussed everything to the nth degree...
     我和内德极为深入地讨论了每一件事。
  2. You're a risk-taker to the nth degree.
     你是个十足的冒险者。

英英释义

adj

• last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
  1. to the nth degree
  Synonym:n-th

双语例句

• The story was raised with me for the nth time two days before the article appeared.
  在我第n次被问及这件事情的两天后，相关文章登了出来。
• Ned and I discussed everything to the nth degree
  我和内德极为深入地讨论了每一件事。
• We were questioned to the nth degree.
  我们不知被问了多少次了。
• For our electronic part, to the Nth power.
  这是电子部分，对N能量。
• It returns a new sequence where the nth element of the sequence is the result of applying the function to the nth element of the original sequence.
  它返回一个新的序列，该序列的第n个元素是将此函数应用到原始序列的第n个元素后的结果。
• In modern economic society this process is carried to the nth degree.
  在现代经济社会中，这种过程被推行到极为深远的程度。
• The photographs Anne Lawson takes are superb to the nth degree.
  安劳森拍的照片真是太好了。
• You're a risk-taker to the nth degree.
  你是个十足的冒险者。
• The crew were tested to the nth degree.
  全体船员接受了无数次的考验。
• To solve this problem, a Java programmer might be tempted to define a function that gives you the nth Fibonacci number.
  为了解决这个问题，Java程序员一般会想到要定义一个函数来给出第n个Fibonacci数。