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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. [ 1913 Webster] Places remote enough are in Bohemia. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Remote from men, with God he passed his days. -- Parnell. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Re* mote" ly}, adv. -- { Re* mote" ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
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