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far-flung

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌfar-ˈflung adjective  1 FARvery distant 遥远的far-flung corners/places/regions etc expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe 前往世界边隅的探险 people flying to far-flung destinations 远途飞行的人们2 SPREADspread out over a very large area 分布广泛的 Email enables far-flung friends to keep in touch. 电子邮件让天各一方的朋友保持联络。
Examples from the Corpus
far-flungParticipants come from nations as far-flung as Iceland and Japan.He's gone off hiking in some far-flung corner of Alaska.One friend, a lawyer, swears by e-mail because it helps her keep in touch with far-flung friends.On a far-flung front we must wage war.So, sometimes running and sometimes walking, she made her way quickly across the far-flung heath.We think we know it all now, and banish our far-flung ideas from this world into Space.Our job is to organize the company's far-flung offices.The company operates a number of far-flung offices.It will be difficult for him to enforce his writ in the far-flung reaches of the country.far-flung corners/places/regions etcPeter had bought the car from Cohn Crabbe, that inveterate discoverer of lost cars in far-flung places.The system of counties was essential to Frankish government, and a count could wield considerable power, particularly in far-flung regions.Dance artists are starting to appear regularly in these apparently far-flung corners of Britain.
ˌfar-ˈflung adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus very distant


far-flung
ˌfar-ˈflung adjective
1. very distant
    far-flung corners/places/regions etc
    expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe
    people flying to far-flung destinations
2. spread out over a very large area:
    Email enables far-flung friends to keep in touch.


far-flungBrE /ˌfɑː ˈflʌŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɑːr ˈflʌŋ/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (literary) a long distance away 遥远的expeditions to the far-flung corners of the world去世界偏远地方的探险spread over a wide area 分布广的;广泛的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