Language Point 4
...if not the ultimate homework nightmare. (Para. 1)
ultimate: a. 1. greatest
He's done stupid things before, but to look for the escaping gas with a match really was the ultimate silliness.
他以前干過些傻事，但點(diǎn)著火柴去尋找什么地方煤氣漏氣實(shí)在是傻得不能再傻了。
2. the last or farthest distant; being at the end or happening in the end
After many defeats, the war ended for us in ultimate victory.
吃了許多敗仗后，最終還是我們打贏了戰(zhàn)爭。
His ultimate purpose is to become a doctor.
他的最終目的是想成為一名醫(yī)生。
nightmare: n. 1. a bad, frightening, or terrible experience or event
Driving on that ice was a nightmare.
在那冰上開車是一件可怕的事情。
The party was a nightmare. Children jumped on the furniture, broke a window, and got the floors all dirty. 那次聚會(huì)可怕極了。孩子們跳到家具上面，打破了一扇窗戶，還把地板全弄臟了。
2. an unpleasant and terrible dream
The horrible film caused her to have nightmares.
那場恐怖電影使她晚上做惡夢。