distance /ˈdɪstəns/ CET4 TEM4 ( distancing, distanced, distances )

• 1. 

  N-VAR The distance between two points or places is the amount of space between them. 距离

  例：

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

  …岛屿和附近海岸之间的距离。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT When two things are very far apart, you talk about the distance between them. 远离

  例：

  The distance wouldn't be a problem.

  距离遥远不是问题。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT When you want to emphasize that two people or things do not have a close relationship or are not the same, you can refer to the distance between them. 差距 [强调]

  例：

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

  心理线索和现实证据之间存在着巨大差距。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Distance is coolness or unfriendliness in the way that someone behaves toward you. 疏远; 冷淡 [正式]

  例：

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

  出现阶段性的愠怒、明显的疏远和冷淡。

• 5. 

  ADJ Distance learning or distance education involves studying at home and sending your work to a college or university, rather than attending the college or university in person. 远程的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The Internet is often used as a resource and as a tool for distance learning.

  互联网通常被用作远程学习的资源和工具。

• 6. 

  N-SING If you can see something in the distance, you can see it, far away from you. 在远处 ['in/into the' N]

  例：

  We suddenly saw her in the distance.

  我们突然看见远处的她。

• 7. 

  V-T If you distance yourself from a person or thing, or if something distances you from them, you feel less friendly or positive toward them, or become less involved with them. 疏远

  例：

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

  作者在他的书里对某些评论淡然处之。

• 8. 

  distanced ADJ 疏远的; 有距离的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  Clough felt he'd become too distanced from his fans.

  克拉夫觉得他变得太疏远他的仰慕者们。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If you are at a distance from something, or if you see it or remember it from a distance, you are a long way away from it in space or time. 在/从远处; 在/从很久以前

  例：

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

  我应付我妈妈的惟一方法就是与她保持距离。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you keep your distance from someone or something or keep them at a distance, you do not become involved with them. 保持距离

  例：

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

  杰伊一直倾向于同他的女朋友们保持一定的距离。