remoteness 音标拼音: [rim'otnəs]
n . 远离,远隔,细微
远离,远隔,细微
remoteness n 1 :
the property of being remote [
synonym : {
farness }, {
remoteness },
{
farawayness }] [
ant : {
closeness }, {
nearness }]
2 :
a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner [
synonym :
{
aloofness }, {
remoteness }, {
standoffishness },
{
withdrawnness }]
Remote \
Re *
mote "\ (
r ?-
m ?
t "),
a . [
Compar . {
Remoter } (-?
r );
superl . {
Remotest }.] [
L .
remotus ,
p .
p .
of removere to remove .
See {
Remove }.]
1 .
Removed to a distance ;
not near ;
far away ;
distant ; --
said in respect to time or to place ;
as ,
remote ages ;
remote lands .
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Places remote enough are in Bohemia . --
Shak .
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Remote from men ,
with God he passed his days .
--
Parnell .
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2 .
Hence ,
removed ;
not agreeing ,
according ,
or being related ;
--
in various figurative uses .
Specifically :
(
a )
Not agreeing ;
alien ;
foreign . "
All these propositions ,
how remote soever from reason ." --
Locke .
(
b )
Not nearly related ;
not close ;
as ,
a remote connection or consanguinity .
(
c )
Separate ;
abstracted . "
Wherever the mind places itself by any thought ,
either amongst ,
or remote from ,
all bodies ." --
Locke .
(
d )
Not proximate or acting directly ;
primary ;
distant .
"
From the effect to the remotest cause ." --
Granville .
(
e )
Not obvious or sriking ;
as ,
a remote resemblance .
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3 . (
Bot .)
Separated by intervals greater than usual .
[
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Re *
mote "
ly },
adv . -- {
Re *
mote "
ness },
n .
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