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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
remote
re·mote [remote remoter remotest] adjective, noun BrE [rɪˈməʊt] NAmE [rɪˈmoʊt]
adjective (re·moter, re·mot·est)
PLACE
1. far away from places where other people live
Syn: ↑isolated
•a remote beach
•one of the remotest areas of the world
•~ from sth The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.
TIME
2. only before noun far away in time
Syn: ↑distant
•in the remote past/future
•a remote ancestor (= who lived a long time ago)
RELATIVES
3. only before noun (of people)not closely related
Syn: ↑distant
•a remote cousin
COMPUTER/SYSTEM
4. that you can connect to from far away, using an electronic link
•a remote terminal/database
DIFFERENT
5. ~ (from sth) very different from sth
• His theories are somewhat remote from reality.
•A novel should not be too remote from the experiences of its readers.
NOT FRIENDLY
6. (of people or their behaviour)not very friendly or interested in other people
Syn: ↑aloof, Syn: ↑distant
VERY SMALL
7. not very great
Syn: ↑slight
• There is still a remote chance that they will find her alive.
• I don't have the remotest idea what you're talking about.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘far apart’): from Latin remotus ‘removed’, past participle of removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.
Example Bank:
•Jane felt remote from what was going on around her.
•a fairly remote possibility
•geographically remote areas
•rural areas that are relatively remote
•At that time, a new school building was just a remote dream.
•He somehow remains a remote figure.
•There are many facts about the remote past and the remote future that we cannot know.
•When he spoke, his voice was cold and remote.
•a remote ancestor
Derived Word: ↑remoteness
noun (informal) = ↑remote control
• The remote's not working.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘far apart’): from Latin remotus ‘removed’, past participle of removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.
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