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remotely

/ri-moht-lee/US // rɪˈmoʊt li //

远程,遥控,遥远的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : to a very small degree; slightly or faintly: Few people believe such an outcome to be even remotely credible.
    • : at or from a distance, typically by means of an electronic connection: We can work remotely or on the client site, depending on your requirements. The system is remotely controlled from a central computer.
    • : distantly or indirectly; not immediately: He’s remotely related to my wife. We consulted everyone closely or remotely involved with the project before deciding how to proceed.
    • : in an isolated place: The farmhouse is remotely situated on one of southern Africa's largest private nature reserves.
    • : far away; distantly: Our system uses a single power pack to provide hydraulic power to remotely placed fans up to 200 feet away.

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Examples

  • In recent months, many agencies have called back some employees from leave or telework, although the number still working remotely remains high by the government’s traditional practices.

  • Between a relatively unpredictable draft conducted remotely and free agency opening a mere 48 hours later — in November, no less — this was already sure to go down as one of the stranger weeks in the NBA’s 74-year history.

  • While they can handle many of their tasks remotely, Facebook can’t send them its most problematic content, such as sexual exploitation content.

  • Authors hunkering down at home became Zoom ’toonists, sometimes drawing remotely for fans, sometimes reading their works to school-age audiences in quarantine.

  • Remote work trends Demand for apartments, condos and offices has weakened in many locations because many employees continue to work remotely to reduce the spread of the virus.

  • This may be the case—but it is not remotely plausible evidence that this attack was therefore orchestrated by North Korea.

  • I am not remotely embarrassed to relate he weighed just 9lb.

  • America was different; the disease of HIV is not remotely the same.

  • While not considered remotely as “scary” as Ebola, MERS, or HIV, it is still a sexually transmitted infection.

  • Marriage is not a thought that is even remotely close to me at the moment.

  • The noise and buzz of incessant conversation affected her pleasantly, but remotely, as the chatter of distant sparrows.

  • I had seen her many times, but we had never, except very remotely, touched upon the matter which was uppermost in both our minds.

  • Her husband had never been remotely within her reach, and now Marius stepped beyond it.

  • They are not even remotely suggested in its original constitution.

  • However, if the Spican was wearing a suit of plastiflesh that looked remotely humanoid, I would at least stay and talk to him.