far-flung

adj.

1. 遥远的
   a long distance away
   1. expeditions to the far-flung corners of the world
      去世界偏远地方的探险
2. 分布广的；广泛的
   spread over a wide area
   1. a newsletter that helps to keep all our far-flung graduates in touch
      使我们分布在各地的毕业生保持联系的通讯

1. ADJ-GRADED 遥远的;偏僻的
   Far-flung places are a very long distance away from where you are or from important places.
   1. Ferries are a lifeline to the far-flung corners of Scotland.
      渡船是苏格兰边远地区的生命线。
   2. ...one of the farthest-flung outposts of the old Roman Empire.
      古罗马帝国最偏远的一个边境
2. ADJ 庞大的;涉及广泛的
   If you describe something such as organization or system as far-flung, you mean that it extends over a very large area.
   1. ...a far-flung network of conspirators.
      庞大的阴谋颠覆网络

1. Ferries are a lifeline to the far-flung corners of Scotland.
   渡船是苏格兰边远地区的生命线。
2. Surprisingly, Vizio was founded not in some far-flung, low-cost manufacturing city, but in California.
   令人惊讶的是，Vizio的创立地并不是什么地处偏远、成本低廉的制造业城市。
3. Sasquatch brought droves of people to a far-flung corner of Washington State for a long weekend.
   在一个悠长的周末，大批乐迷不约而同地赶赴华盛顿州一个遥远的角落，参加在那里举行的野人音乐节（Sasquatch）。
4. The UNIX command line readily downloads and uploads files, connects to remote computers, and interrogates the state of far-flung servers and networks.
   通过UNIX命令行可以很容易地下载和上传文件、连接到远程计算机并询问遥远的服务器和网络的状态。
5. For me, the combination of my early experiences equipped me with determination and a capacity to see the humanity in people from far-flung places, even in the worst of circumstances.
   对我来说，早期的经历使我具备了决断力，和一种即使是在最糟糕的环境中也能看清广泛人性的能力。
6. If economic activity moves to new and far-flung cities, these are the very parts of the world where western strategy consultants tend not to flourish.
   如果经济活动移向新的、遥远的城市，那么这些城市恰恰是西方战略咨询公司难以蓬勃发展的地方。
7. Today, Chinese-born pandas reside in locales as far-flung as San Diego, Edinburgh and Chiang Mai.
   时至今日，无论是在圣地亚哥、爱丁堡，还是清迈，全球很多国家和地区都可以见到中国大熊猫的身影。
8. YOUR co-worker brought in brownies, your daughter made cookies for a holiday party and candy is arriving from far-flung relatives.
   同事带来了布朗尼，女儿为假期的聚会做了曲奇饼，八杆子打不着的亲戚也送来了糖果。
9. Ups and FedEx operate more centrally from their headquarters in Atlanta and Memphis, though they do use agents in far-flung countries.
   尽管ups和联邦快递也在距本土较远的国家采取代理的形式，但它们的经营高度集中在亚特兰大和孟菲斯的总部。
10. Which could penetrate the dark and far-flung road in front?
    照亮前方黑暗而漫长的路。
11. Long history, far-flung territory and diverse nationalities contribute to Chinese folk games'abundant varieties and multiple forms.
    悠久的历史，辽阔的幅员，众多的民族孕育了种类丰富、形态多样的中国民间体育。
12. Its somewhat old-fashioned profile, with branches in far-flung parts of China, plays to the new Zeitgeist.
    农行有些过时的形象（在中国许多偏远地区设有网点），符合新的时代精神。
13. Our far-flung trade connections cover the world.
    我们广泛的贸易关系遍及全世界。
14. Whereas, we need far-flung process to settle the problems with patience, and break through them on emphases.
    然而，问题的解决又需要一个漫长的过程，不能操之过急，只能重点突破。
15. That small town is the last far-flung outpost of our country.
    那个小城镇是我们国家一个遥远的前哨基地。
16. The news spread quickly to all corners of their far-flung empire.
    这个消息很快传播到他们幅员辽阔的帝国的每个角落。
17. Mali's enormous wealth came from its far-flung trade routes in salt and gold and copper.
    马里的巨大财富，来自它在盐、铜和黄金方面四通八达的通商路线。
18. ICA's main responsibility was a far-flung but random program of technical assistance.
    国际合作总署的主要职责是一项广泛而漫无目标的技术援助计划。
19. And the effects of rising temperatures aren't waiting for some far-flung future. They're happening right now.
    而且温度升高的影响并不待到遥远的将来，它们现在就在发生。
20. The soldiers have given their own rations because it wasn't possible to reach out to far-flung areas.
    士兵们也拿出了自己的口粮，因为他们不可能到达极其偏远的地区。
21. Such projects super-cool natural gas to liquefy it so it can be transported by ship to far-flung markets.
    该项目对天然气进行超低冷冻处理，使其能够依靠船只销售到更远的市场。
22. Li oversees his far-flung empire with the help of a small, cosmopolitan management team.
    在一个小规模国际性管理团队的帮助下，李嘉诚管理着他辽阔的帝国。
23. The world has recently been awash with tales of oil bonanzas in far-flung corners of the globe.
    最近，世界上出现了不少在偏远角落发现庞大石油储量的故事。
24. Even with a full-passenger payload in a typical three-class configuration, the777-200lr will be able to connect cities as far-flung as Los Angeles and johannesburg, London and sydney, as well as New York and jakarta, Boeing said.
    波音公司表示，即便满员，典型三级客舱布局的777－200lr也能将世界上两个相距非常遥远的城市连接起来，比如洛杉矶和约翰内斯堡、伦敦和悉尼、纽约和雅加达。
25. The earth is much far-flung, but it is just under our foot.
    大地是辽阔的，可是它在我的脚下。
26. Far-flung trading operations; the West's far-flung mountain ranges; widespread nuclear fallout.
    遍及各地的贸易活动；西部分布广泛的山脉；广布的核辐射微粒。
27. The lesson was not lost on other firms with far-flung global supply chains.
    对于那些在世界各地广泛建立供应链的其他公司来说，这教训已被引以为鉴。
28. While France, Italy and Spain are hot spots for culinary tourism, far-flung destinations and major time commitments aren'trequired.
    尽管法国，意大利和西班牙是烹饪游的热门地区，但这一旅游形式并不受地域和季节的限制。
29. And the effects of rising temperatures aren't waiting for some far-flung future.
    的影响，气温上升不会等待一些遥远的未来。

adj

1. remote
   1. far-flung corners of the Empire

2. distributed over a considerable extent
   1. far-flung trading operations
   2. the West's far-flung mountain ranges
   3. widespread nuclear fallout

   Synonym:    widespread