"Telephone poles stretched way into a distance I couldn't quite see." (Leigh Allison Wilson) 電話線桿一直延伸至遠處, 我幾乎快看不見了
b. 描述 (遠方之物)
6 寬闊的區域
a land of few hills and great distances 只有少數山丘的廣闊區域
7 (兩件事發生時間的) 間隔
8 時間
At a distance of 11 years, the details of the crime were clouded in his mind. 經過十一年的時間, 這項犯罪的細節在他的心裡變得不清楚了
9 競賽期間
The challenger had never attempted the distance of 12 rounds.這名挑戰者不曾打到第十二回合
10 進展的幅度
The curriculum committee is a distance from where it was two months ago. 程委員會在兩個月內有很大的進展
11 意見不合
The candidates could not be at a greater distance on this issue.候選人對此議題的意見有很大的出入
12 冷漠; 疏遠
【及物動詞】
distanced, distanc.ing, distanc.es
1 不與…接近; 使遠離
"To understand Russian strategy...it is necessary for us to distance ourselves from our own myths and to enter into theirs." (Freeman J. Dyson) 要瞭解俄國的兵法戰略…必須脫離我們自身的想像, 進入他們的內在