关于“Remote”的意思
在看CNN时发现关于Remote的这么一个句子："The chances of finding them alive are [b][color=Red]remote[/color][/b]," he said. "We will keep searching until the last body is found."
顺便就去查了一下Remote作为Adjective时的意思：
1。[color=Blue][b]far away[/b][/color] far from towns or other places where people live [= isolated]:
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a remote border town
a fire in a remote mountain area
2。[color=Blue][b]not likely [/b][/color] if a chance or possibility of something happening is remote, it is not very likely to happen [= slight]
[color=Blue]remote chance/possibility [/color]
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There's a remote chance that you can catch him before he leaves.
The prospect of peace seems remote.
3。[b][color=Blue]time[/color][/b] far away in time [= distant]:
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the remote time when dinosaurs walked the earth
[color=Blue]a remote ancestor[/color] (=someone related to you, who lived a long time ago)
4。[b][color=Blue]different[/color][/b] very different from something
[color=Blue]remote from[/color]
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The Heights was quiet and clean and remote from the busy daily life of the city.
5。[color=Blue][b]person[/b][/color] unfriendly, and not interested in people [= distant]:
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His father was a remote, quiet man.
6。[b][color=Blue]not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc[/color][/b] [i][color=Purple]especially British English [/color][/i]used to emphasize that you do not know something, are not interested in something, do not intend to do something etc:
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He hasn't the remotest interest in sport.
[b][color=Blue]not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc what/where/who etc[/color][/b]
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I haven't the remotest idea what you mean. 这么多隐身意啊。 渺小:) 呵呵，这样的用法，让我用我肯定不会用，但别人用出来，也能大体了解其含义。 "发现他们活着的机会是极少的"
remote:极少的 渺茫？有意思:)(只针对单词) remote
(形) 遥远的, 疏远的, 偏僻的
Concise Oxford Thesaurus Browse
remote
▶ adjective
areas remote from hospitals: FARAWAY, distant, far (off), far removed.
a remote mountain village: ISOLATED, out of the way, off the beaten track, secluded, lonely, in the back of beyond, godforsaken, inaccessible; N. Amer. in the backwoods, lonesome; Austral./NZ in the backblocks, in the booay; informal in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere; N. Amer. informal in the tall timbers; Austral./NZ informal beyond the black stump; archaic unapproachable.
events remote from modern times: IRRELEVANT TO, unrelated to, unconnected to, unconcerned with, not pertinent to, immaterial to, unassociated with; foreign to, alien to.
a remote possibility: UNLIKELY, improbable, implausible, doubtful, dubious; faint, slight, slim, small, slender.
she seems very remote: ALOOF, distant, detached, withdrawn, reserved, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unapproachable, unresponsive, unfriendly, unsociable, introspective, introverted; informal stand-offish.
close, central.
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Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Thesaurus Browse
remote
Function: adjective
1
Synonyms: DISTANT 1, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, off-lying, outlying, removed
Antonyms: close; adjacent
2
Synonyms: BACK 1, frontier, outlandish, unsettled
3
Synonyms: OBSCURE 2, devious, lonesome, out-of-the-way, removed, retired, secret
4 small in degree ＜a remote possibility＞
Synonyms: ||fat, negligible, off, outside, slender, slight, slim, small
Contrasted Words: great, large; important, significant, weighty
5
Synonyms: INDIFFERENT 2, aloof, casual, detached, disinterested, incurious, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested, withdrawn
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary Browse
remote
■ adjective (remoter, remotest)
far away in space or time. ▶situated far from the main centres of population.
having very little connection with. ▶distantly related.
(of a chance or possibility) unlikely to occur.
aloof and unfriendly in manner.
Computing denoting a device which can only be accessed by means of a network. Compare with local.
■ noun a remote control device.
remotely adverb
remoteness noun
ME: from L. remotus, removere (see remove).
© Oxford University Press, 2004
Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary Browse
1re·mote
Pronunciation: ri-'mōt
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: re·mot·er ; -est
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin remotus, from past participle of removēre to remove
Date: 15th century
1 : separated by an interval or space greater than usual <an involucre remote from the flower>
2 : far removed in space, time, or relation : DIVERGENT <the remote past> <comments remote from the truth>
3 : OUT-OF-THE-WAY, SECLUDED <a remote cabin in the hills>
4 : acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance <remote computer operation> also : relating to the acquisition of information about a distant object (as by radar or photography) without coming into physical contact with it <remote sensing>
5 : not arising from a primary or proximate action
6 : small in degree : SLIGHT <a remote possibility> <hadn't the remotest idea of what was going on>
7 : distant in manner : ALOOF
–re·mote·ly adverb
–re·mote·ness noun
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2remote
Function: noun
Date: 1937
1 : a radio or television program or a portion of a program originating outside the studio
2 : REMOTE CONTROL 2
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remote control
Function: noun
1 : control (as by radio signal) of operation from a point at some distance removed
2 : a device or mechanism for controlling something from a distance 我想意思大家都能理解到了，但对于中文翻译来说，这里用“渺茫”比较贴切。 偏僻的；疏远的；微乎其微的；冷淡的；远程的
此句应该是“微乎其微的”的意思，也就是“渺茫”用比较贴切。
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