1. 程度;地步
    If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it.

    e.g. The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution...
           政府本身幾乎不了解工業(yè)污染的程度。
    e.g. Growing up with him soon made me realise the extent of his determination...
           和他一起長大讓我很快意識到他有多么堅(jiān)定。

2. 范圍;面積;大小
    The extent of something is its length, area, or size.

extent是什么意思

    e.g. Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
           他們僅承諾維持現(xiàn)有森林面積，并不保證林區(qū)生物的多樣性。

3. 在很大程度上/ 在某種程度上/在一定程度上
    You use expressions such as to a large extent ,to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.

extent的翻譯

    e.g. It was and, to a large extent, still is a good show...
           它過去是個(gè)好節(jié)目，現(xiàn)在在很大程度上仍是個(gè)好節(jié)目。
    e.g. To some extent this was the truth...
           在某種程度上，這是事實(shí)。

4. 到何種程度/到那種程度/到…的程度
    You use expressions such as to what extent ,to that extent, or to the extent that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true.

    e.g. It's still not clear to what extent this criticism is originating from within the ruling party...
           目前仍不清楚這種批評有多少是來自執(zhí)政黨內(nèi)部。
    e.g. To that extent they helped bring about their own destruction...
           他們正是如此推波助瀾，導(dǎo)致了自己的毀滅。

5. （表示強(qiáng)調(diào)）到…的地步，到…的程度
    You use expressions such as to the extent of ,to the extent that, or to such an extent that in order to emphasize that a situation has reached a difficult, dangerous, or surprising stage.

    e.g. He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him...
           他說他不喜歡總統(tǒng)，但是還沒有到想要刺殺他的地步。
    e.g. I became pregnant but this man was very violent towards me to the extent that I lost our baby...
           我懷孕了，但是這個(gè)男人對我非常粗暴，致使我流產(chǎn)了。