ut·most /ˈʌtˌmost, ||məst/
 (a.)最遠的,極度的,最大的極限,最大限度
 utmost
 極端的; 極度的; 最大的
 Ut·most a.
 1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
    We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.   --Evelyn.
    Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.   --Herbert.
 2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
    He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril.   --Shak.
    Six or seven thousand is their utmost power.   --Shak.
 Ut·most, n. The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
    We have tried the utmost of our friends.   --Shak.
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 utmost
      adj 1: of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity;
             "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure";
             "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the
             uttermost distress" [syn: extreme, utmost(a), uttermost(a)]
      2: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human
         endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last
         degree or a lesser one was...to be determined
         individually" [syn: last]
      3: (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or
         order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go
         beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored
         the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the
         peninsula" [syn: farthermost, farthest, furthermost,
          furthest, uttermost]
      n : the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: uttermost,
           maximum, level best]