distance

['distəns]

n.距离, 路程, 远方
vt.与 ... 保持距离, 把(对手)甩在后面
adj.远程(教育)的

例句与用法：

Is his distance a result of snobbery or shyness?

他态度冷淡是因为他势利眼呢，还是因为他腼腆？

We can see a windmill in the distance.

我们可以望见远处有架风车。

We can see the mountain from the distance.

我们从远处就可以看到那座山。

My house is four miles distance from the sea.

我家离海四英里。

词形变化：

动词过去式: distanced | 动词过去分词: distanced | 动词现在分词: distancing | 动词第三人称单数: distances |

详细释义：

n.

1. 距离; 路程[C][U][(+to/from/between)]

It is a long distance from New York to Hongkong.

纽约离香港很远。

2. 远处[the S]

They saw a few houses in the distance.

他们看到远处有几所房子。

3. 冷淡, 疏远[C][U]

Her father advised her to keep her distance from that fellow.

她父亲劝她疏远那家伙。

vt.

1. (竞争中)把……远远甩在后面

2. 使疏远[(+from)]

Lately she has seemed to distance herself from me.

她近来似乎在疏远我。

短语词组：

at a distance

1. 有相当距离; 不很近

The shops were at a distance from where they lived.

商店离他们的住所有一段路。

keep one's distance from

1. 疏远; 与……保持距离

She should keep her distance from that fellow.

她应该疏远那家伙。

keep sb. at a distance

1. 对某人保持疏远

He no longer keeps his neighbors at a distance.

他不再对邻居冷淡了。