绝

绝 [jué] 动

1. ■ （断绝） cut off; sever:

绝其后路 cut off his retreat;

掌声不绝 prolonged applause;

自绝于人民 alienate oneself from the people

形

1. ■ （完全没有了; 穷尽; 净尽） exhausted; used up; finished:

弹尽粮绝 have run out of ammunition and provisions;

斩尽杀绝 kill all; wipe out the whole lot;

方法都用绝了。 All possible means and ways have been tried.

2. ■ （走不通的; 没有出路的） desperate; hopeless:

绝境 hopeless situation; impasse

3. ■ （独一无二; 特别出色） unique; superb; matchless:

拍案叫绝 thump the table and praise the excellence of a thing;

她的书画可称双绝。 Her calligraphy as well as her painting can be rated as superb works of art.

4. ■ （确定; 肯定） leaving no leeway; making no allowance; uncompromising:

不要把话说绝 don't be too definitive in what you say;

他尽管不同意， 但是没有把话说绝。 He disagreed, but he didn't say anything definitive.

副

1. ■ （极; 最） extremely; most:

绝大多数 most; the overwhelming majority;

绝大的错误 an egregious error; a grievous fault;

绝好的机会 an excellent opportunity;

绝早 extremely early

2. ■ （用在否定词前面: 绝对） absolutely; in the least; by any means; on any account:

绝不可能 [信] absolutely impossible [unbelievable];

绝非偶然 by no means fortuitous;

绝无此意 have absolutely no such intentions

名

1. ■ （绝句） jueju, a poem of four lines