a.

1. 相隔很遠的，遙遠的；偏僻的[（+from）]
   She taught in a remote village.

   她曾在一個偏僻的村莊裡教書。

2. 久遠的[（+from）]
   That happened in the remote past.

   那發生在久遠的過去。

3. （在血統，因果等方面）關係疏遠的[（+from）]
   Much new knowledge is remote from the immediate interest of the ordinary person.

   許多新知識與普通人目前的利益關係甚遠。

4. 冷淡的，孤高的
   She was a silent girl, cool and remote.

   她是一個沉默寡言的女孩，對人冷漠而孤傲。

5. 絕少的；微乎其微的
   I hadn't the remote idea what she meant.

   我一點不明白她是什麼意思。

6. 遙控的
   The missile is guided by remote control.

   這飛彈是遙控的。

adj.

1. far away in space or time.
   ▸situated far from the main centres of population.
2. having very little connection with.
   ▸distantly related.
3. (of a chance or possibility) unlikely to occur.
4. aloof and unfriendly in manner.
5. Computing  denoting a device which can only be accessed by means of a network. Compare with local.

n.