Word · Frequency #14897
remoteness
遥远；偏远
the property of being remote
指空间距离远，或与外界隔绝
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The quality of being remote.
遥远；偏僻；疏远
疏远；冷漠；遥远；偏僻；疏远；远离；远隔；微少；[法] 遥远
In use
The remoteness of their cabin meant they had to bring every supply from town.
We were drawn to the island precisely by its remoteness from busy cities.
The remoteness of the hiking trail made rescue difficult when it rained.
the remoteness of [place]
常用于强调地点位置僻远。
The remoteness of the island attracts few tourists.
这座岛屿的偏远吸引不了多少游客。
a sense/feeling of remoteness (from [sb/sth])
这里指情感上的疏远、冷漠，而非地理距离。
He felt a sense of remoteness from his old friends.
他感到与老朋友有一种疏远感。
remoteness from [place]
The remoteness from the capital made everyday life difficult.
距离首都遥远使日常生活十分不便。
Common mistakes
The village is remoteness from the city.The village is remote from the city.
remoteness 是名词，不能直接放在 be 动词后作表语；表示“偏远的”须用形容词 remote。“be remote from”表示“离……很偏远”。
Our remoteness to the city makes it hard to get supplies.Our remoteness from the city makes it hard to get supplies.
表达“离某地远”时，remoteness 和 remote 后面都应接介词 from，不能用 to；from 表示空间上的距离或分隔关系。
The remoteness between the two villages is about ten kilometers.The distance between the two villages is about ten kilometers.
remoteness 指“偏远、遥远”这一性质或状态，不是可测量的两个地点之间的长度；表示“两地之间的距离”要用 distance。
Connections
Collocations
- geographical remoteness
- 地理上的偏远
- The geographical remoteness of the island makes supplies expensive.这个岛屿地理上的偏远使得物资价格昂贵。
- extreme remoteness
- 极度偏远
- Because of the extreme remoteness of the camp, rescue took hours.由于营地的极度偏远，救援花了数小时。
- emotional remoteness
- 情感上的疏远
- Her emotional remoteness kept even her closest friends at a distance.她情感上的疏远连最亲密的朋友也保持距离。
- sense of remoteness
- 遥远感
- Walking through the empty desert, I felt a profound sense of remoteness.走过空旷的沙漠时，我感到一种深深的遥远感。
- remoteness from civilization
- 远离文明
- Many settlers were drawn by the area's remoteness from civilization.许多定居者被该地区远离文明的特点所吸引。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把remote（遥远的）加上-ness变成名词，想象遥控器（remote）离手很远够不着，就是遥远、疏远。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：地理或距离的描述、正式写作或新闻报道 该词表示“偏远”时，通常用于书面或正式语境，如地理、旅行或抽象讨论；日常口语中更常说 remote 或 how remote something is。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Promote and demote match the stressed -ote- /oʊt/ part of remoteness. The other words share only the -ness spelling (with witness ending in a similar -tness); none of them rhymes with remoteness because their stress is on the first syllable.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.