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 re·mote /rɪˈmot/
 (a.)遙遠的,僻遠的;細微的,稀少的,漠然的

 remote
 遠程的;遙遠;遠隔

 remote
 遠程

 Re·mote a. [Compar. Remoter superl. Remotest.]
 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
    Places remote enough are in Bohemia.   --Shak.
    Remote from men, with God he passed his days.   --Parnell.
 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.
 3. Bot. Separated by intervals greater than usual.
 -- Re*mote*ly, adv. -- Re*mote*ness, n.
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 remote
      adj 1: far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a
             remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far
             removed from towns and cities" [syn: distant, removed]
      2: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility";
         "a remote contingency" [syn: outside]
      3: far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or
         future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern
         times" [syn: distant, removed]
      4: inaccessible and sparsely populated [syn: backwoods(a), outback(a)]
      5: far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or
         remote) from politics" [syn: removed(p)]
      n : a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus
          from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" [syn: remote
          control]