remote 来自拉丁语 remotus(移走,遥远)= re(移开)+ movere(移动)→ 被移到很远处。核心义项:① 偏远的,遥远的(a remote village 偏远村庄);② 可能性极小的(a remote chance 极小的可能性);③ 远程的(remote work 远程工作)。义项三是近年新兴高频用法。
释义
1
adj.偏远的,遥远的(地理上距离很远)
Medical services are difficult to access for people living in remote rural areas.
对于生活在偏僻农村地区的人来说,获得医疗服务十分困难。
2
adj.可能性极小的(remote chance/possibility)
There is only a remote chance that the missing hiker will be found alive after three days in the mountains.
失踪的徒步者在山中失联三天后被活找到的可能性极小。
3
adj.远程的(通过网络或技术在远处操作)
Remote working has become increasingly common since the pandemic, transforming how businesses operate.
远程工作自疫情以来日益普遍,改变了企业的运营方式。
语感
remote = 很远的那一头——可以是地图上,可以是概率轴上
偏远的遥远的极小的远程的
a remote area / village / location(偏远地区/村庄/地点)是义项一高频搭配。a remote chance / possibility(极小的可能)是义项二核心搭配。义项三:remote work / working(远程工作),remote learning(远程学习)是疫情后极高频的现代用法。remotely 副词:not remotely interested(对……一点兴趣都没有,强调完全不……)。
陷阱
⚠️not remotely:一点都不(强调完全否定)
She was not remotely interested in politics when she was young.
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not remotely = 不在远处
✓
not remotely + adj. = 一点都不……(remotely 在否定句中作强化词,等于 in the slightest)