音标:/ˈdɪstəns/
词性:名词(n.)、动词(v.)、形容词(adj.)
名词
空间距离:指两物体或点之间的空间间隔,可作可数或不可数名词。例如“岛屿和附近海岸之间的距离”(the distance between the island and the nearby shore)。
时间间隔:表示时间上的“久远”或“间隔”,不可数。例如“时间的差距”(the interval between two times)。
远处/远方:指视线可及的遥远区域,常用搭配“in the distance”(在远处)。例如“远处的山峦”(mountains in the distance)。
抽象距离:比喻情感或关系上的“疏远”“隔阂”,不可数。例如“他话语中的冷淡让她惊讶”(The distance in his words took her by surprise)。
动词
使疏远:表示与某人或某物保持距离,情感上疏离。例如“杰伊一贯和女友们保持距离”(Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance)。
超越/甩开:指在竞争中远超他人。例如“肯尼亚长跑运动员在田径界脱颖而出”(Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm)。
形容词
远程的:用于描述教育或通信方式,如“distance learning”(远程教育)。
名词搭配
修饰词:可被 great, enormous, long 等词修饰,此时常用复数形式 distances。例如“很长一段距离”(a great distance)。
固定短语:
in the distance:在远处(视线范围内)。例如“我们突然看见远处的她”(We suddenly saw her in the distance)。
at a distance:有相当距离;保持距离。例如“我应付妈妈的唯一方法是与她保持距离”(The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance)。
within walking distance:步行可达。例如“它离旅馆仅几步之遥”(It was within easy walking distance of the hotel)。
动词用法
distance oneself from:主动与…疏远。例如“作者对书中某些评论保持距离”(The author distanced himself from some of the comments in his book)。
| 短语 | 含义 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|
| in the distance | 在远处 | 远处的公交车只是一个模糊的轮廓(The bus was a vague shape in the distance)。 |
| keep (sb.) at a distance | 对…冷淡;保持距离 | 自他知道我喜欢他后,就一直对我保持距离(Since he knew I liked him, he kept me at a distance)。 |
| distance oneself from | 使远离;与…划清界限 | 领导者应与竞争对手拉开距离(A leader should distance itself from competitors)。 |
| within walking distance | 步行范围内 | 学校在步行可达的范围内(The school is within walking distance)。 |
他准确判断了距离(He judged the distance to a nicety)。
声音响起,又慢慢消失在远处(The sound comes up and slowly fades away into the distance)。
远程学习的灵活性适合忙碌的经理(The flexibility of distance learning suits busy managers)。
蝙蝠通过回声定位判断距离(The bat judges distances by echo-location)。
她站着凝视远方(Alice stood staring into the distance)。
请与我的女儿保持距离(Keep your distance from my daughter)。
半程时,我们轻松领先两圈(By half distance we held a comfortable two-lap lead)。
即使从远处看,他的狐狸戏服也很抢眼(Even from a distance his fox costume was stunning)。
互联网常被用作远程教育工具(The Internet is used as a tool for distance learning)。
工农之间的差距正在缩小(The distances between workers and peasants are reducing)。
distance 兼具空间、时间和情感维度的含义,既可描述物理间隔,也可表达抽象关系。掌握其“距离”与“疏远”的双重语义,以及 in the distance、keep at a distance 等短语,能更精准地理解和使用该词。无论是描述“两城间距”还是“人际隔阂”,distance 都是连接具体与抽象的实用词汇。