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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

distance

英  [ˈdɪstəns]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 远程的

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The Internet is often used as a resource and as a tool for distance learning.

    互联网通常被用作远程学习的资源和工具。

    NOUN. 名词

  • distances

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 距离

    The distance between two points or places is the amount of space between them.

    近义词

    space

    双语例句

    例：

    the distance between the island and the nearby shore.

    岛屿和附近海岸之间的距离。

    例：

    Everything is within walking distance.

    无论需要什么，走几步就到了。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 远离

    When two things are very far apart, you talk about the distance between them.

    双语例句

    例：

    The distance wouldn't be a problem.

    距离遥远不是问题。

    3. [U 不可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    There was a vast distance between psychological clues and concrete proof.

    心理线索和现实证据之间存在着巨大差距。

    4. [U 不可数名词] 疏远 , 冷淡

    Distance is coolness or unfriendliness in the way that someone behaves towards you.

    双语例句

    例：

    There were periods of sulking, of pronounced distance, of coldness.

    有几段时间出现了愠怒、明显的疏远和冷淡的局面。

    5. [SING 单数型名词] 在远处

    If you can see something in the distance, you can see it, far away from you.

    双语例句

    例：

    We suddenly saw her in the distance.

    我们突然看见远处的她。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • at a distance , from a distance

    1. 在（从）远处 , 在（从）很久以前

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance.

    我能与我妈妈相处的唯一方法就是与她保持距离。

  • keep one's distance

    1. 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.

    杰伊总是有意同他的女朋友们保持一定的距离。

    VERB. 动词

  • distances , distancing , distanced

    1. [T 及物动词] 疏远

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The author distanced himself from some of the comments in his book.

    作者使他书中的某些评论不带个人感情。

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