Translations for „in extremis“ in the English » German Dictionary

in ex·tre·mis [ˌɪnɪkˈstri:mɪs] ADV inv form

1. in extremis (in emergency):

in extremis

im äußersten Notfall

2. in extremis MED (about to die):

to be in extremis

im Sterben liegen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be in extremis

im Sterben liegen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

People, in extremis, are turning to poetry as an effective way of getting what they feel out there.

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It is an examination of the human situation in extremis.

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The means of exchange would be questionable and, in extremis, the euro would become a worthless piece of paper.

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They are always in extremis, always on the edge: of sanity, of safety, of survival.

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Only after then would he contemplate, in extremis, a snap election.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Not just ordinary passion either, but human passion in extremis -- passion where it combusts, or levitates, or mutates into an experience of the supernatural.

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All of these convey a fascination with the body in extremis, and with new forms of physical beauty not immediately recognisable to the non-connoisseur.

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Vertigo is about film-watching in extremis -- the state of being hopelessly, obsessively in love with an image.

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His writing often depicts characters in extremis, outsiders adrift in a conformist landscape, in plots that juxtapose the surreal and naturalistic.

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What matters is the quantity of money and in extremis that can be increased easily by quantititave easing.

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