re‧mote 1 W3 / rɪməʊt $ -moʊt / 形容词

1 far away far from towns or other places where people live 同义词 isolated :

a remote border town

a fire in a remote mountain area

2 not likely if a chance or possibility of something happening is remote, it is not very likely to happen 同义词 slight

remote chance/possibility

There’s a remote chance that you can catch him before he leaves.

The prospect of peace seems remote.

3 time far away in time 同义词 distant :

the remote time when dinosaurs walked the earth

a remote ancestor (= someone related to you, who lived a long time ago )

4 different very different from something

remote from

The Heights was quiet and clean and remote from the busy daily life of the city.

5 person unfriendly, and not interested in people 同义词 distant :

His father was a remote, quiet man.

6 not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc especially British English used to emphasize that you do not know something, are not interested in something, do not intend to do something etc :

He hasn’t the remotest interest in sport.

not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc what/where/who etc

I haven’t the remotest idea what you mean.

— remoteness 名词 [不可数名词]

THESAURUS

far 副词 a long distance – used mainly in negatives and questions, or after ‘too’, ‘so’, and ‘as’ : It’s not far to the airport from here. | Have you driven far? | The ship was so far away we could hardly see it.

a long way 副词 a long distance from somewhere. This is the most common way of talking about long distances, except in negatives and questions when far is also common : You must be tired – you’ve come a long way. | It’s a long way down from the top of the cliff. | I can’t see things that are a long way away .

miles 副词 informal a very long way : We hiked miles. | The school is miles away from where I live.

in the distance 副词 a long way from where you are now – used when talking about things that seem small or sounds that seem quiet because they are a long way away : Dogs were barking somewhere in the distance.

distant 形容词 especially written used about something that is a long distance from where you are now, and looks small or sounds quiet : By now, the plane was just a distant speck in the sky. | the rumble of distant thunder

faraway 形容词 especially written a very long distance from where you are now : a traveller from a faraway land | His voice sounded faraway. | He told us stories about the faraway countries he had visited.

remote 形容词 a remote place is a long distance from other places, and few people go there : The helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country. | remote holiday destinations

isolated 形容词 an isolated place is a long distance from other towns, buildings, or people, and there is very little communication with surrounding places : isolated rural areas of Nepal | Occasionally we passed through a small isolated village. | If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide.

off the beaten track ( also off the beaten path American English ) 副词 a place that is off the beaten track is a long distance from the places where people usually go, and often seems interesting and different because of this : She likes to go to places that are a bit off the beaten track.