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，但點著火柴去尋找什么地方煤氣漏氣實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爭。

His ultimate purpose is to become a doctor.

他的最終目的是想成為一名醫生。

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。