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remoteness

/ri-moht/US // rɪˈmoʊt //UK // (rɪˈməʊt) //

偏远,偏僻,遥远,偏远地区

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    re·mot·er, re·mot·est.

    • : far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
    • : out-of-the-way; secluded: a remote village;a remote mountaintop.
    • : operating or controlled from a distance, as by remote control: a remote camera.
    • : not direct, primary, or proximate; not directly involved or influential: the remote causes of the war.
    • : slight or faint; unlikely: The committee doesn't have the remotest idea of how to address the basic issue.So with two games remaining, we actually have a remote chance of making the play-offs.
    • : noting or relating to work, schooling, or other activities that take place away from their usual place, site, or building: The company allows remote work for freelancers, but full-time employees are expected to work on site.Teachers have distance learning lessons prepared in advance for weather emergencies that necessitate remote instruction.
    • : reserved and distant in manner; not warmly cordial; aloof.
    • : far off; abstracted; removed: principles remote from actions.
    • : distant in time: remote antiquity.
    • : distant in relationship or connection: a remote ancestor.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
    • : remote control.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundistance

Examples

  • Annette Clayton, CEO of Schneider Electric North America, also acknowledged younger workers have been impacted by the isolation of remote working.

  • Trenches are considered to be among the most pristine and remote ecosystems.

  • If you’re going somewhere very remote, you’ll use twice as much gas as usual getting there and need twice as much getting back from a place where gas stations are likely to be few and far between.

  • Now that her school has shifted to remote learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Rodriguez sometimes sees students log in from factory breakrooms.

  • We’ve seen explosive growth in online shopping and food delivery, telemedicine, remote education, online entertainment, and more.

  • The remoteness of the area has been both its curse and its blessing throughout history.

  • The more monolithic bureaucracies became, Gowers felt, the more they reinforced their remoteness by using impenetrable language.

  • The remoteness, the coolness, the lecturing style is now a liability.

  • But I think there's another factor at play in the psychology of drones: their remoteness.

  • When a nuclear war wipes out most of the planet, only Australia is spared, thanks to its relative remoteness.

  • The proximity of Asia and the remoteness from civilised centres were scarcely perceptible.

  • "Yes, indeed I did," said Clifford, with an emphasis on the past tense that indicated the remoteness of those days.

  • Marriage had not abridged his immeasurable remoteness, nor touched his incorruptible refinement.

  • Those like himself and Doris, who did not mind the privations inseparable from that remoteness, fared well enough.

  • I was made suddenly aware of Lop-Ear's remoteness out there on that alien element a few feet away.