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remotely 音标拼音: [rim'otli] ad. 远远地 远远地 remotely adv 1: in a remote manner; " when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy" 2: to a remote degree; " it is remotely possible" 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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