remote
US: /ɹiˈmoʊt/, /ɹɪˈmoʊt/
UK: /ɹɪmˈəʊt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
remote /ri'mout/- tính từ
- xa, xa xôi, xa xăm
- to be remote from the road: ở cách xa đường cái
- remote causes: nguyên nhân xa xôi
- remote kinsman: người bà con xa
- remote control: (kỹ thuật) sự điều khiển từ xa
- the remote past: quá khứ xa xưa
- in the remote future: trong tương lai xa xôi
- xa cách, cách biệt (thái độ...)
- hẻo lánh
- a remote village in the North West: một vùng hẻo lánh trên vùng tây bắc
- tí chút, chút đỉnh, hơi, mơ hồ thoang thoáng
- to have not a remote conception of...: chỉ có một khái niệm mơ hồ vè...
- a remote resemblance: sự hơi giống nhau
- xa, xa xôi, xa xăm
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun+ adjective (remoter, remotest)
place
1 ~ (from sth) far away from places where other people live
Synonym: ISOLATED
a remote beach + one of the remotest areas of the world + The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.
time
2 [only before noun] far away in time
Synonym: DISTANT
in the remote past / future + a remote ancestor (= who lived a long time ago) + a remote dream / goal
relatives
3 [only before noun] (of people) not closely related
Synonym: 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
Synonym: DISTANT
very small
7 not very great: There is still a remote chance that they will find her alive. + I don't have the remotest idea what you're talking about.
remoteness noun [U]: the geographical remoteness of the island + His remoteness made her feel unloved.
+ noun (informal) = REMOTE CONTROL: The remote's not working.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 distant, far-away, far-off, removed, outlying, inaccessible:
The more remote the transmitter, the weaker the signal.
2 lonely, isolated, God-forsaken, secluded, out-of-the-way, sequestered, tramontane, ultramontane:
They spent their holiday on a remote island in the Indian Ocean.
3 unfamiliar, obscure, arcane, recondite, subtle, alien, far-fetched, unusual, unlikely:
Her writing is scattered with references remote to the average reader's experience.
4 unrelated, irrelevant, inappropriate, unconnected, outside:
Her conclusions were not remote from what we now know to be the truth
5 slight, faint, foggy:
I haven't the remotest idea what you're talking about.
6 slight, faint, slender, insignificant, slim, small, meagre, outside, poor, inconsiderable, negligible, improbable, unlikely, implausible:
There is only a remote chance that the experiment will succeed.
7 aloof, detached, withdrawn, reserved, indifferent, standoffish, abstracted:
He keeps himself quite remote from the hurly-burly of everyday life
8 early, ancient, far-removed, distant:
The archaeopteryx is a remote ancestor of modern birds.
Collocation
VERBS
appear, be, feel, look, seem
ADV.
extremely, very | impossibly, infinitely, utterly
Adulthood and responsibility seemed impossibly remote.
| increasingly | comparatively, fairly, pretty, quite, rather, relatively, somewhat
a fairly remote possibility rural areas that are relatively remote
| geographically, physically
geographically remote areas
PREP.
from
Jane felt remote from what was going on around her.
Concise dictionary
remoter|remotestrɪ'məʊtnoun
+a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
adj.
+apart in space
+very unlikely
+separate or apart in time
+inaccessible and sparsely populated;
+far apart in nature
