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单词 distance
释义
distance
noun
uk
/ˈdɪs.təns/us
/ˈdɪs.təns/

distancenoun(SPACE)

B1[CorU]
theamountofspacebetween twoplaces:
距离，路程
What's the distancebetweenMadrid and Barcelona/fromMadridtoBarcelona?马德里和巴塞罗那相距有多远？
Hetravelsquitea distance(= alongway)toworkeveryday.他每天上班的路途很远。
Does shelivewithinwalkingdistance of herparents?从她的住处到父母家可以走着去吗？
at/from a distance
B2
from aplacethat is not near:
从远处，自远处
From a distance helooksabitlike Johnny Depp.从远处看他有点儿像约翰尼·德普。
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in the distance
B2
at apointthat isfaraway:
在远处
On acleardayyou canseethetemplein the distance.在晴朗的日子里，远处的庙宇清晰可见。
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More examples
  • Thehouseis only a veryshortdistance from thesea.
  • Can youreadthatsignfrom this distance?
  • Sound cantravelover verylargedistances inwater.
  • If you're going towalkthosesortof distances you needproperwalkingboots.
  • We could justseethetrainapproachingin the distance.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Measurements in general
  • bathymetric
  • bathymetry
  • be running atsomethingidiom
  • calibrate
  • calibration
  • drop
  • elevation
  • factor
  • full-scale
  • kilo
  • knee-deep
  • lengthways
  • longways
  • metric
  • metrication
  • micro
  • milli-
  • proportion
  • scale
  • setting
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distancenoun(MANNER)

[SorU]
behaviourthatshowslittleinterestorfriendliness:
冷漠的行为；疏远
Inoticedacertaindistancebetweenfatherandson.我注意到父子之间有些疏远。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not being friendly
  • abrasive
  • abrasively
  • abrasiveness
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • antagonism
  • antagonistic
  • coolness
  • dourness
  • estrange
  • estranged
  • estrangement
  • forbidding
  • frigid
  • prickly
  • sourly
  • sourness
  • standoffish
  • standoffishly
  • standoffishness
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Idioms

go the distance
keepyourdistance
(Definition ofdistancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

distance| American Dictionary

distance
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈdɪs·təns/
theamountofspacebetween twoplacesor things:
[C]The distance fromSanFrancisco to Los Angeles is about 400miles.
at/from a distance
At/from a distancemeansif you are not too near:
From a distance, helooksa little like hismother.
in the distance
In the distancemeansat or from apointfaraway:
We couldseethemountainsin the distance.
distance
verb[T]
us
/ˈdɪs·təns/
If you distance yourself from something, youtrytobecomelessinvolvedorconnectedwith it:
Thecandidatedistanced himself from theextremistsin theparty.
(Definition ofdistancefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdistance

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Two intermediate points on the string were marked with tightly knotted thread and were used as points from which distances could be measured.
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The difference of the focal distances is a constant.
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The larger size of these nomads allows them to cover ground and move over longer distances than smaller animals.
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Common gene content between two organisms is proposed as a genomic estimation of distances between them.
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Molecular phylogenies of these collections of genes were constructed using neighbor-joining and maximum likelihood methods, extracting 24 sets of distances.
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Branch points located at long distances are also suboptimal.
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One can not be distanced from or emotionally neutral about issues of self-knowledge.
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In theory, and to some extent in practice, it does act as a means of distancing broadcasting from government.
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If distances to local rural district council schools are too great, they have to rely on whatever education is provided by the farmer.
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Only coal was moved long distances by canals, railways and roads.
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The reasons were the lack of available places and the long distances between home and school.
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As the terrace is the main viewing station, the abbey is looked down on, it is distanced or put in perspective.
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Vagrants, for example, were more mobile and travelled longer distances than other migrants.
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If, however, the distances vary, the resulting intersections will produce compartments and facets of all the possible combinations.
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Furthermore, we will build densely, but not in the between the building heights and their reciprocal distances form of high rises or so-called low density.
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Collocationswithdistance

distance

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angular distance
A fault plane is assigned to a subset that produces a minimumangulardistancewith the fault.
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average distance
Transport costs to and from the practice for alternative treatment were not calculated since no data were available on theaveragedistanceto such practices.
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commuting distance
It appears that such a strategy aided recruitment, but it was often at the expense of "poaching" staff from neighbouring services withincommutingdistance.
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