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单词 remoteness
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Definition of remoteness in English:

remoteness

noun rɪˈməʊtnəsrəˈmoʊtnəs
mass noun
  • 1The state of being distant from something else, in particular from the main centres of population.

    the remoteness of the location hindered development
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite this link to the mainland, the island's tranquility and remoteness are totally preserved.
    • Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace.
    • What strikes the traveller is the Taiga's utter remoteness.
    • The stunning cinematography captures the beauty and remoteness of this mountain retreat.
    • Join us to experience the wilderness, wildlife, and remoteness of the High Arctic.
    • Moreover, the region's remoteness kept access to outside markets costly.
    • Due to the remoteness of Siula Grande, there would be no way to arrange a rescue.
    • The cries of circling gulls add to the eerie sense of remoteness.
    • Given its remoteness from urban distractions, the Burren College of Art needs a high level of maturity in students.
    • He said most rental cars do not last for a long time given the remoteness of some of the places the tourists take them.
  • 2Lack of connection with or relationship to something.

    the remoteness of politics from everyday life
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The atmosphere is complimented by the superb production design - a sleek, minimalist vision that accentuates the feeling of alienation, displacement and remoteness in this Kubrickian near-future.
    • She wrote: "To possess the world in the form of images is, precisely, to reexperience the unreality and remoteness of the real".
    • The curators have taken away some of the remoteness of medieval art by showing their objects thematically.
    • The art installation suggests the continuity and fragility of Mediterranean civilization, reminding us of the simultaneous remoteness and seamlessness of the past.
    • The dancers are succeeded by a second threesome and then a third, all perpetuating the atmosphere of remoteness and nonengagement.
    • The emptiness of their canvases "proclaimed their remoteness from consumer culture and the world of things".
    • My poetry rejects all excessive remoteness from reality and takes pleasure in bringing things and men closer in an effort to achieve universal coherence and harmony.
    • In this semi-autobiography, Simon experiences the remoteness and instability of growing up on a reservation.
    • Yet the remoteness of Finland from Putinist Russia is neither geographic nor strategic.
    • The market is also somewhere for farmers to network and to dispel feelings of remoteness that they may be experiencing whilst living with their families often in isolated areas.
  • 3The state of being unlikely to occur.

    the remoteness of a solution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To address this problem of perceived remoteness of risk, the study emphasized the more immediate effects of unprotected sun exposure: wrinkled, sagging, dry skin.
    • The difficulty of such an approach, the remoteness of its potential use, and its probable cost should be considered.
    • It is probably the very remoteness of a solution as well as the decline in terrorist attacks of the past few years that have allowed this movement to coalesce.
    • Problems of remoteness may arise where the risk he contemplates is highly improbable.
    • Despite its remoteness, this risk is untenable.
    • There is a wider, non-legal sensibility through which people identify injury by adhering to physical symptoms, to familiar relationships, to the remoteness or proximity of harm.
    • There are no specific provisions in the Animals Act 1971 dealing with the question of remoteness of damage.
    • The seriousness of the wrongdoing involved in such offences must be assessed by reference to the interests affected, the remoteness of the harm from the conduct, and culpability.
    • The degree of probability of the risk materialising and not remoteness was extremely high.
    • Those saddened by the remoteness of peace in South Asia or the Middle East may be helped by a fourth Hindu concept, that of action without a focus on its fruits.
  • 4The quality of being aloof and unfriendly.

    his diffidence could sometimes be misread as remoteness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He takes every opportunity to highlight the negative aspects of city life and comment on the remoteness of urban dwellers.
    • The plane is a metaphor for his remoteness, his aloneness, his posture as an observer, an outsider.
    • Many a woman has experienced a lover's ardor giving way to chilling remoteness once she has given herself to him sexually.
    • Her brother's increasing remoteness is the result of learned behavior and thought in white America.
    • He detects her unhappiness and remoteness and intuits that all is not well at home.
    • The entire movie consists of the pair trying to connect, with Christine's skewed vision of the world getting in the way as much as Richard's remoteness.
    • He had a certain remoteness, even pomposity.
    • Slowly she becomes aware of his apathy and remoteness regarding their family.
    • She remembered a remoteness in her stepfather; she saw in him the figure of a man conflicted about involving himself emotionally in the activities of his children.
    • If absence and remoteness do not destroy friendship, they attenuate or exhaust it, they enervate it.

Definition of remoteness in US English:

remoteness

nounrəˈmoʊtnəsrəˈmōtnəs
  • 1The state of being distant from something else, in particular from the main centers of population.

    the remoteness of the location hindered development
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Due to the remoteness of Siula Grande, there would be no way to arrange a rescue.
    • Moreover, the region's remoteness kept access to outside markets costly.
    • Despite this link to the mainland, the island's tranquility and remoteness are totally preserved.
    • Yet the sense of space, of distance, the remoteness of the places through which one travelled never contained a hint of menace.
    • The cries of circling gulls add to the eerie sense of remoteness.
    • Given its remoteness from urban distractions, the Burren College of Art needs a high level of maturity in students.
    • He said most rental cars do not last for a long time given the remoteness of some of the places the tourists take them.
    • What strikes the traveller is the Taiga's utter remoteness.
    • The stunning cinematography captures the beauty and remoteness of this mountain retreat.
    • Join us to experience the wilderness, wildlife, and remoteness of the High Arctic.
  • 2Lack of connection with or relationship to something.

    the remoteness of politics from everyday life
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The emptiness of their canvases "proclaimed their remoteness from consumer culture and the world of things".
    • The atmosphere is complimented by the superb production design - a sleek, minimalist vision that accentuates the feeling of alienation, displacement and remoteness in this Kubrickian near-future.
    • The dancers are succeeded by a second threesome and then a third, all perpetuating the atmosphere of remoteness and nonengagement.
    • She wrote: "To possess the world in the form of images is, precisely, to reexperience the unreality and remoteness of the real".
    • The art installation suggests the continuity and fragility of Mediterranean civilization, reminding us of the simultaneous remoteness and seamlessness of the past.
    • My poetry rejects all excessive remoteness from reality and takes pleasure in bringing things and men closer in an effort to achieve universal coherence and harmony.
    • In this semi-autobiography, Simon experiences the remoteness and instability of growing up on a reservation.
    • Yet the remoteness of Finland from Putinist Russia is neither geographic nor strategic.
    • The curators have taken away some of the remoteness of medieval art by showing their objects thematically.
    • The market is also somewhere for farmers to network and to dispel feelings of remoteness that they may be experiencing whilst living with their families often in isolated areas.
  • 3The state of being unlikely to occur.

    the remoteness of a solution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The difficulty of such an approach, the remoteness of its potential use, and its probable cost should be considered.
    • Problems of remoteness may arise where the risk he contemplates is highly improbable.
    • Despite its remoteness, this risk is untenable.
    • There are no specific provisions in the Animals Act 1971 dealing with the question of remoteness of damage.
    • To address this problem of perceived remoteness of risk, the study emphasized the more immediate effects of unprotected sun exposure: wrinkled, sagging, dry skin.
    • The seriousness of the wrongdoing involved in such offences must be assessed by reference to the interests affected, the remoteness of the harm from the conduct, and culpability.
    • Those saddened by the remoteness of peace in South Asia or the Middle East may be helped by a fourth Hindu concept, that of action without a focus on its fruits.
    • It is probably the very remoteness of a solution as well as the decline in terrorist attacks of the past few years that have allowed this movement to coalesce.
    • The degree of probability of the risk materialising and not remoteness was extremely high.
    • There is a wider, non-legal sensibility through which people identify injury by adhering to physical symptoms, to familiar relationships, to the remoteness or proximity of harm.
  • 4The quality of being aloof and unfriendly.

    his diffidence could sometimes be misread as remoteness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Slowly she becomes aware of his apathy and remoteness regarding their family.
    • He takes every opportunity to highlight the negative aspects of city life and comment on the remoteness of urban dwellers.
    • She remembered a remoteness in her stepfather; she saw in him the figure of a man conflicted about involving himself emotionally in the activities of his children.
    • Many a woman has experienced a lover's ardor giving way to chilling remoteness once she has given herself to him sexually.
    • Her brother's increasing remoteness is the result of learned behavior and thought in white America.
    • The plane is a metaphor for his remoteness, his aloneness, his posture as an observer, an outsider.
    • He detects her unhappiness and remoteness and intuits that all is not well at home.
    • The entire movie consists of the pair trying to connect, with Christine's skewed vision of the world getting in the way as much as Richard's remoteness.
    • He had a certain remoteness, even pomposity.
    • If absence and remoteness do not destroy friendship, they attenuate or exhaust it, they enervate it.
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