distance

1. N-VAR The distance between two points or places is the amount of space between them. 距離

...the distance between the island and the nearby shore. …島嶼和附近海岸之間的距離。

2. N-UNCOUNT When two things are very far apart, you talk about the distance between them. 遠(yuǎn)離

The distance wouldn't be a problem. 距離遙遠(yuǎn)不是問題。

3. N-UNCOUNT 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. 差距[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

There was a vast distance between psychological clues and concrete proof. 心理線索和現(xiàn)實(shí)證據(jù)之間存在著巨大差距。

4. N-UNCOUNT Distance is coolness or unfriendliness in the way that someone behaves toward you. 疏遠(yuǎn); 冷淡[正式]

There were periods of sulking, of pronounced distance, of coldness. 出現(xiàn)階段性的慍怒、明顯的疏遠(yuǎn)和冷淡。

5. ADJ 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. 遠(yuǎn)程的[ADJ n]

The Internet is often used as a resource and as a tool for distance learning. 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)通常被用作遠(yuǎn)程學(xué)習(xí)的資源和工具。

6. N-SING If you can see something in the distance, you can see it, far away from you. 在遠(yuǎn)處['in/into the' N]

We suddenly saw her in the distance. 我們突然看見遠(yuǎn)處的她。

7. V-T If you distance yourself from a person or thing, or if something distances you from them, you feel less friendly or positive toward them, or become less involved with them. 疏遠(yuǎn)

The author distanced himself from some of the comments in his book. 作者在他的書里對(duì)某些評(píng)論淡然處之。

8. distancedADJ 疏遠(yuǎn)的; 有距離的[v-link ADJ]

Clough felt he'd become too distanced from his fans. 克拉夫覺得他變得太疏遠(yuǎn)他的仰慕者們。

9. PHRASE 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. 在/從遠(yuǎn)處; 在/從很久以前

The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance. 我應(yīng)付我媽媽的惟一方法就是與她保持距離。

10. PHRASE If you keep your distance from someone or something or keep them at a distance, you do not become involved with them. 保持距離

Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance. 杰伊一直傾向于同他的女朋友們保持一定的距離。