相去甚远

[yuechu]

大家好！

I was recently reading an article about Grace Kelly and had a question about the following sentence: 他们认为妮可并未展现出王妃那种高贵和仁爱的气质，而且剧情跟史实也相去甚远。

How do you pronounce 相 in this context? (and what does it mean?) Also, if I may ask, is 甚 pronounced shèn here?
Thanks!

 

[kevinmc]

相 xiāng
甚 shèn

In this case, you can treat '相去甚远' as a verb.

相去甚远 mean the difference between something is very big, or the distance between something is very large.

 

[yuechu]

Thanks, kevinmc!

 

[ktdd]

Yes you can treat 相去甚远 (xiāngqùshènyuǎn) as another four-character idiom.
相 signifies reciprocity
去 to depart
甚 quite
远 far
So put together, 相去甚远 means 'quite far apart from each other'.
It takes two arguments, in the form of A和B相去甚远. But A can be omitted if it's understood.
Your sentence is saying that 剧情 is far removed from 史实.