far-fetched

Word family adverbfarmostnounfarnessfarawaynessFar Eastadjectivefarawayfar-fetchedfar-flungfar-offfar-outfar-reachingfar-sightedfar

ˌfar-ˈfetched adjectiveadj

BELIEVEextremely unlikely to be true or to happen 牵强的；不可信的；靠不住的

All this may sound a bit far-fetched, but companies are already developing ‘intelligent’ homes.

这一切听起来也许有点难以置信，但的确有一些公司已经在开发“智能”房屋了。

Examples from the Corpus

far-fetched• At the time, his ideas were considered far-fetched.• As things stand, any claim that he could muster more than 5 % seems far-fetched.• If this were an outline for a novel it would probably be rejected as too far-fetched.• This approach may seem far-fetched, and there is a danger of reading too much of significance into oral reading errors.• That possibility is not as far-fetched as it may seem from outside.• The idea of travelling to other solar systems may sound far-fetched but scientists now see it as a real possibility.• His lawyers argue that the charges are based on a far-fetched conspiracy theory.• The following story seems to be far-fetched, unreal; yet it happened.

词汇	far-fetched
释义	far-fetched Word family adverbfarmostnounfarnessfarawaynessFar Eastadjectivefarawayfar-fetchedfar-flungfar-offfar-outfar-reachingfar-sightedfar ˌfar-ˈfetched adjectiveadj BELIEVEextremely unlikely to be true or to happen 牵强的；不可信的；靠不住的 All this may sound a bit far-fetched, but companies are already developing ‘intelligent’ homes. 这一切听起来也许有点难以置信，但的确有一些公司已经在开发“智能”房屋了。 Examples from the Corpus far-fetched• At the time, his ideas were considered far-fetched.• As things stand, any claim that he could muster more than 5 % seems far-fetched.• If this were an outline for a novel it would probably be rejected as too far-fetched.• This approach may seem far-fetched, and there is a danger of reading too much of significance into oral reading errors.• That possibility is not as far-fetched as it may seem from outside.• The idea of travelling to other solar systems may sound far-fetched but scientists now see it as a real possibility.• His lawyers argue that the charges are based on a far-fetched conspiracy theory.• The following story seems to be far-fetched, unreal; yet it happened.
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