单词 | farfetched |
释义 | farfetched (once / 26324 pages) adj Something farfetched is imaginative but very unlikely. It's a lot easier to think of than to do. Our brains can think of all sorts of ideas. Some are realistic, like going to the store or getting married. Others are farfetched: a farfetched idea or plan is implausible because there's very little chance it will happen. Flying to Jupiter is farfetched. Marrying a movie star is a farfetched ideas, and so is becoming a movie star. Farfetched things aren't necessarily impossible, but they're very unlikely. Children are especially good at coming up with farfetched notions because of their powerful imaginations. WORD FAMILYfarfetched: farfetchedly USAGE EXAMPLESMiami talks about that every year, but only now do the words seem less than totally farfetched. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) District Judge Richard Gergel called the request “utterly farfetched and illogical” in a ruling handed down hours after the defense motion was filed Tuesday. Washington Times(Dec 06, 2016) But Hanken says this work “shows that, developmentally speaking, it’s not that farfetched.” Science Magazine(Oct 20, 2016) adj highly imaginative but unlikely a farfetched excuse Syn implausible unlikely has little chance of being the case or coming about |
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