| 单词 | dim and distant |
| 释义 | dim and distantmainlyUK from the past and notclearlyremembered: （过去的事）遥远模糊的Thetimesofhugeprofitsare now adimanddistantmemory.巨额利润的时代已经是遥远模糊的过去了。 In the past
Examplesofdim and distantdim and distant Instead, descriptions of friction with the king, civil disobedience or electoral disputes were relegated to thedimanddistantpast. From theCambridge English Corpus Examples include bag and baggage, bits and pieces, leaps and bounds, odds and ends, over and done with, safe and sound and thedimanddistantpast. From theCambridge English Corpus Only then will we be able to rescue from silence the sounds ofdimanddistantpasts and to evoke remote urban soundscapes for modern ears. From theCambridge English Corpus In thedimanddistantpast it was considered virtuous to daub sheep with tar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not anxious for a definite date in thedimanddistantfuture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be but adimanddistantprospect when it is first seen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Legislation based on a hypothetical scenario of circumstances in thedimanddistantfuture is not good legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I sometimes have glimmerings of hope that there will be some sort of repentance in thedimanddistantfuture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope, however, that the £20 million is not merely a paper figure, but will be spent in the not toodimanddistantfuture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I earnestly hope that in somedimanddistantfuture his party will take his advice and see that it is carried out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was rather referring to thedimanddistantfuture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said it is all to be pushed into thedimanddistantdays of the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am trying to remember thedimanddistantdays of 1997 and 1998. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will certainly receive the money, but often, it appears, at somedimanddistanttime in the far future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking not of a technology relating to thedimanddistantpast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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