remote
英 [rɪ'məʊt]
美 [rɪ'mot]
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remote 遥远的，远程的re-,向后，往回，-mot,移动，词源同 motion,remove.比喻用法。
- remote (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.
- 1. Statistically our chances of being the victims of violent crime are remote.
- 从统计数据来看，我们成为暴力犯罪受害者的可能性微乎其微。
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- 2. Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.
- 尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。
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- 3. He reached for the remote control and pressed the "play" button.
- 他伸手拿过遥控器，按下“播放”键。
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- 4. She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.
- 她相貌如此美丽，同时又如此清高不群。
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- 5. It can translate data from maps or remote sensing instruments into images.
- 它可以把从地图或遥感设备中得到的数据转化成为图像。
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