例如下面這兩個句子,This government depends on the wishes of a few,who are remote from the people,這個政府按照那幾個疏遠群眾之人的願望行事,Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas,滑坡阻隔了許多邊遠地區的村子,在這兩個句子中,remote都是用作形容詞,指遙遠的、疏遠的的意思,另外 remote這個單詞還可以用作名詞,意思是遠程,例如下面這個句子,He flipped through the channels with the remote,他用遙控器快速瀏覽了各個頻道,remote這個單詞妳學會了嗎?