utmost
英検準1級最大の・最善(do one's utmost)
意味
- 最大の,最高の
- 最も遠い,いちばん端の
- (程度・数量・能力などの)最大限度,極限
例文
We should do our utmost to establish world peace.
世界平和を確立するために全力を尽くすべきである。
Let's take the utmost caution against errors.
間違いをしないようによくよく注意しよう。
This is a matter of the utmost importance.
これは最も重要な問題だ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
PIE word *úd From Middle English utmost, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ūtmest, ūtemest [and other forms], from ūt, ūte (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). Ūt is derived from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”). Equivalent to out + -most.