英汉词典

distance 基本解释

• n. 距离；远方；疏远；间隔
• vt. 疏远；把…远远甩在后面

distance 词态变化

distance 中文词源

dis-, 分开，散开。-st, 站，词源同stand. 即两边分开站的，距离。

distance 英文词源

distance

distance: [13] Etymologically, things that are distant stand far apart from each other. The word comes via Old French from Latin distantia, an abstract noun formed from distāns, the present participle of distāre ‘be remote’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state, station, statue, etc and related to English stand).
=> stand, state, station, statue

distance (n.)

late 13c., "quarrel, estrangement, discord, strife," from Old French destance (13c.), from Latin distantia "a standing apart," from distantem (nominative distans) "standing apart, separate, distant," present participle of distare "stand apart," from dis- "apart, off" (see dis-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet).

Meaning "remoteness, space between things or places" is late 14c. The figurative sense of "aloofness" is the same as in stand-offish. Phrase go the distance (1930s) seems to be originally from the prize ring, where the word meant "scheduled length of a bout."

distance (v.)

1570s (transitive); 1640s (intransitive), from distance (n.). Related: Distanced; distancing.

distance 词组搭配

distance 英文释义

1. the property created by the space between two objects or points

2. a distant region;

"I could see it in the distance"

3. size of the gap between two places;

"the distance from New York to Chicago"

"he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"

4. indifference by personal withdrawal;

"emotional distance"

5. the interval between two times;

"the distance from birth to death"

"it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

6. a remote point in time;

"if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"

"at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"

distance 双语例句

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

杰伊一贯和他的女朋友们保持距离。

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2. He stares detachedly into the middle distance, towards nothing in particular.

他漠然而漫无目标地注视着不远处。

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3. By half distance we held a comfortable two-lap lead.

到半程时，我们轻松领先两圈。

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4. Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.

即使从远处看，他的狐狸戏服也很抢眼。

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5. Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.

肯尼亚的长跑运动员在田径界获得了巨大成功。

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distance 实用场景例句

She had loved him at a distance for years.

她曾经暗恋了他好多年。

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The coldness and distance in her voice took me by surprise.

她话语中透出的冷淡和疏远使我感到意外。

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Distance is no problem on the Internet.

在互联网上距离已不成为问题。

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You'll never get the ball in from that distance.

你绝不可能从那么远的地方把球投进去。

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(British English)Eddie is, by some distance (= by a great amount) , the funniest character in the show.

埃迪显然是这个节目中最有趣的人物。

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The distance between fashion and art remains as great as ever.

时尚与艺术之间的差别之大依然如故。

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The government is keen to put some distance between itself and these events (= show that there is no connection between them) .

政府急于想表示自己与这些事件无关。

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Our parents live some distance away (= quite far away) .

我们的父母住的地方相当远。

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Paul has to drive very long distances as part of his job.

开长途车是保罗工作的一部分。

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The beach is within walking distance of my house (= you can walk there easily) .

海滩离我家很近，走几步路就到了。

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In the US, distance is measured in miles.

在美国，测量距离以英里作单位。

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What's the distance between New York City and Boston/from New York City to Boston?

纽约市离波士顿有多远？

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a distance of 200 kilometres

200公里的距离

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the distance of the earth from the sun

太阳到地球的距离

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a short/long distance

短 / 长距离

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He walked towards the doorway, careful to keep his distance.

他走向门口，小心翼翼地保持着距离。

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

杰伊一贯和他的女朋友们保持距离。

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Now I can look back on the whole tragedy from a distance of forty years.

时隔40年后，现在我可以回顾整个悲剧了。

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

我可以和我妈妈相处的唯一方法就是保持距离。

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Television may actually be distancing the public from the war.

电视实际上可能让公众远离战争。

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

作者使自己书中的某些评论不带个人色彩。

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...the emotional distance between them...

他们之间情感上的疏远

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

心理提示和确凿证据之间相差甚远。

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We suddenly saw her in the distance...

我们突然看见她在远处。

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Mr. Dambar found himself gazing into the distance for a moment or two.

丹巴先生不知不觉朝远方凝视了片刻。

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

沉闷、明显不友好和冷淡的场面多次出现。

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...the distance between the island and the nearby shore...

该岛和附近陆地之间的距离

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Everything is within walking distance...

不管什么地方，都是走几步就到了。

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The distance wouldn't be a problem.

距离不成问题。

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I'm doing a theology degree by distance learning.

我正通过远程教育课程攻读神学学位。

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