far,distant,remote這組形容詞的一般含義是“遙遠(yuǎn)的”。far在‘Hor far…?’這樣的問句中，或在類似對(duì)此問句的答句中，通常指短距離的“遠(yuǎn)”，否則總為“遙遠(yuǎn)的”這一含義。由于far是個(gè)普通詞，所以使用范圍較廣，含義也較復(fù)雜（如：它可以表示相對(duì)于觀察者的“另一邊”），在不同的詞組中，其含義也有差異。如：At the far end of the meadow two slates in the wall, which at this point replaced the hedge, indicated a stile.在草地的另一端，樹籬圍墻中有兩塊石板和樹籬相連?？吹贸鲞@是供人越過樹籬的階梯。"You'll have to get off here," the conductor said,"This is as far as we go."“你得在這兒下車了，”售票員說，“我們的車就開到這里為止了”。distant和remote雖然都可以表示“遙遠(yuǎn)的”，但是remote 強(qiáng)調(diào)“偏僻”，而distant強(qiáng)調(diào)“兩物相距的間隔”。此外，distant也并不總是表示遙遠(yuǎn)。如：“應(yīng)當(dāng)把書保持在離開眼睛大約六英寸處?！盩he book should be held about six inches distant from the eyes. 此句中的The ability to do this will be necessary in future flights to distant planets.將來飛往遙遠(yuǎn)的行星時(shí)，需要這樣的能力。But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.但是，試圖再現(xiàn)遠(yuǎn)古情景的史學(xué)家，總面臨著艱難的任務(wù)。Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable——as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.訪問真正偏僻的村莊，很少是令人愉快的——這一點(diǎn)我和妻子在巴爾干地區(qū)游覽時(shí)，有所發(fā)現(xiàn)。