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单词 remote
释义 re·mote
I. \rə̇ˈmōt, rēˈ-, usu -ōd.+V\ adjective
(often -er/-est)
Etymology: Latin remotus, from past participle of removēre to move back, move away — more at remove
1.
 a. : separated by intervals greater than usual : far apart
 b. : not extending the full distance from the margin of the pileus to the stipe
  < a mushroom with a remote veil >
2. : far removed in space, time, relation, or likeness : not near or immediate : far, distant
 < the church was too remote for a walking bridal party — Thomas Hardy >
 < from remote antiquity up to modern times — S.F.Mason >
 < work to which remote generations may look back with pride — Benjamin Farrington >
 < fourth cousins and remoter relatives >
: divergent
 < nations as remote in culture and civilization as Poland and China, … Czechoslovakia and Morocco — H.A.Rusk >
 < fantastically unreal and utterly remote from the slightest vestige of truth — John Russell b.1872 >
: separated, abstracted
 < the ideas of an ether, of waves in it … are remote from ordinary experience — A.N.Whitehead >
3. : located out of the way : secluded
 < the Coast Guard Service renders invaluable aid to natives living along the remote seacoast — G.A.Parks >
 < the remote atmosphere of these retired wold villages — British Book News >
4.
 a. : not proximate or acting directly : not primary
 b. : not arising from the effect of that which is primary or proximate in its action
  < remote damages >
  — compare consequential
5. : small in degree : slight
 < if one solves the economic difficulties, the danger of war becomes remote — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox >
 < hasn't the remotest notion what time it is >
6. : distant in manner : aloof, inaccessible
 < they can be cold or warm, remote or friendly — John Mason Brown >
7.
 a. : arising elsewhere than from the part of the body that makes a movement — opposed to resident
 b. : not present to the senses at the moment
II. noun
(-s)
1. : one that is remote
2. : a radio or television program or portion of a program (as sports and news events) originating outside the studio
III. adverb
(often -er/-est)
: at a distance
IV. adjective
: acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance
 < time-sharing and other remote computing services — GT&E Annual Report >
also : relating to the acquisition of information about a distant object (as by radar or photography) without coming into physical contact with it
 < remote sensing instruments >
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