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Distance N Uncount 例:The Phrase Space 例:...The Things College

单词 distance
音标
英[ˈdɪstəns] 美[ˈdɪstəns]
解释
n.距离,路程;远处;疏远;(时间的)间隔,长久;vt.把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
例句

N-VAR
距离;间距
The distance between two points or places is the amount of space between them.
例:...the distance between the island and the nearby shore...该岛和附近陆地之间的距离
例:Everything is within walking distance...不管什么地方,都是走几步就到了。

N-UNCOUNT
遥远;间隔
When two things are very far apart, you talk about the distance between them.
例:The distance wouldn't be a problem.距离不成问题。

ADJ
远程的;函授的
Distance learning or distance education involves studying at home and sending your work to a college or university, rather than attending the college or university in person.
例:I'm doing a theology degree by distance learning.我正通过远程教育课程攻读神学学位。

N-UNCOUNT
(人际关系的)疏远;(事物间的)差距
When you want to emphasize that two people or things do not have a close relationship or are not the same, you can refer to the distance between them.
例:...the emotional distance between them...他们之间情感上的疏远
例:There was a vast distance between psychological clues and concrete proof...心理提示和确凿证据之间相差甚远。

N-SING
远处;远方
If you can see something in the distance, you can see it, far away from you.
例:We suddenly saw her in the distance...我们突然看见她在远处。
例:Mr. Dambar found himself gazing into the distance for a moment or two.丹巴先生不知不觉朝远方凝视了片刻。

N-UNCOUNT
冷淡;不友好
Distance is coolness or unfriendliness in the way that someone behaves towards you.
例:There were periods of sulking, of pronounced distance, of coldness.沉闷、明显不友好和冷淡的场面多次出现。

VERB
使疏远;对…冷淡;使不介入
If you distance yourself from a person or thing, or if something distances you from them, you feel less friendly or positive towards them, or become less involved with them.
例:The author distanced himself from some of the comments in his book...作者使自己书中的某些评论不带个人色彩。
例:Television may actually be distancing the public from the war.电视实际上可能让公众远离战争。

PHRASE
在远处;相距遥远;久远地
If you are at a distance from something, or if you see it or remember it from a distance, you are a long way away from it in space or time.
例:The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance...我可以和我妈妈相处的唯一方法就是保持距离。
例:Now I can look back on the whole tragedy from a distance of forty years.时隔40年后,现在我可以回顾整个悲剧了。

PHRASE
保持疏远;保持距离
If you keep your distance from someone or something or keep them at a distance, you do not become involved with them.
例:Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.杰伊一贯和他的女朋友们保持距离。

PHRASE
不靠近;保持距离
If you keep your distance from someone or something, you do not get physically close to them.
例:He walked towards the doorway, careful to keep his distance.他走向门口,小心翼翼地保持着距离。
变形
third:distances~done:distanced~pl:distances~ing:distancing~past:distanced~

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