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作者: LuciferXI (極簡) 看板: Eng-Class
標題: Re: far跟remote
時間: Thu Jul 22 03:04:05 2004
: 根據Merriam Webster字典的第一條解釋: "seperated by an interval or space
: greater then usual",然後在Longman裡面的解釋是:"far away from other places or
^a
: people, and very few people go there" 可見remote偏向人煙罕至的那種遙遠。
: far的話你可以在台灣說美國是一個far place,但你應該不會說美國是一個remote place
: 吧? 純屬個人見解,有錯請指正囉^^
個人的判讀是看習慣使用...
如果單就原提問者
在時間或空間而言的用途上兩者的差異....其實沒差多少....
但二者其他的意思有不同的用法....
我個人建議在教學英文時,
請以「用法」而非「翻譯解釋」來教導學生單字詞彙
而學習「用法」的方式
1. 多查字典的用法說明,多看例句 2. 廣泛閱讀
以下是韋氏字典跟Collins字典的英英解釋,以資原提問者參考。
(其實我一直比較喜歡Collins...解釋簡單易懂又清楚明瞭....Webster有點太學究了)
Merriam-Webster
far:
1. at or to a considerable distance in space
2. a. to a great extent (表程度), e.g. far better method
b. by a broad interval, e.g. the far distant future
3. to or at a definite distance, point, or degree, e.g. as far as....
4. to an advanced point or extent (亦表程度)
5. at a considerable distance in time, e.g. not far from the 80s
remote:
1. seperate by an interval or space greater than usual
2. far removed in space, time, or relation: divergent,
e.g. 1. the remote past 2. comments remote from the truth
3. out-of-the-way, secluded, e.g. a remote cabin in the hills
4. a. acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance,
e.g. remote computer operation
b. relating to the acquisition of information about a distant object
(as by radar or photography) without coming into physical contact
with it, e.g. remote sensing
5. not arising from a primary or proximate action
6. small in degree: slight, e.g hadn't the remotest idea of it
7. distant in manner
The Collins English Dictionary
far
1. at, to, or from a great distance
2. at or to a remote time
example: far in the future
3. to a considerable degree; very much
example: a far better plan
[ETYMOLOGY: Old English feorr;
related to Old Frisian fir, Old High German ferro,
Latin porro forwards, Greek pera further]
remote
1. located far away; distant
2. far from any centre of population, society, or civilization;
out-of-the-way
3. distant in time
4. distantly related or connected
example: a remote cousin
5. removed, as from the source or point of action
6. slight or faint (esp. in the phrases not the remotest idea,
a remote chance)
7. (of a person's manner) aloof or abstracted
8. operated from a distance; remote-controlled
example: a remote monitor
[ETYMOLOGY: 15th Century:
from Latin remotus far removed, from removere,
from re- + movere to move]
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根據Merriam Webster字典的第一條解釋: "seperated by an interval or space
greater then usual",然後在Longman裡面的解釋是:"far away from other places or
people, and very few people go there" 可見remote偏向人煙罕至的那種遙遠。
far的話你可以在台灣說美國是一個far place,但你應該不會說美國是一個remote place
吧? 純屬個人見解,有錯請指正囉^^