driven to the extremity 意味

• 《be ～》窮地｛きゅうち｝に追い込まれる、絶体絶命｛ぜったい ぜつめい｝になる
  

例文

1. however , when hideyoshi and ieyasu compromised and narimasa was driven to the extremity , he had a great achievement that he crossed over hida mountains and tate-yama mountains and entered the hamamatsu city at midwinter to persuade ieyasu to have another try .
   ところが秀吉・家康らとの間で和議が成立し、進退が窮まると、成政は家康に再挙を促すため、厳冬の飛騨山脈（飛騨山脈）・立山山系を越えて浜松市へと踏破するという壮挙を成し遂げた。