音标:英 /fɑː əˈweɪ frəm həʊm/,美 /fɑːr əˈweɪ frəm hoʊm/
核心含义:介词短语,字面意为“离家很远”,常用来描述空间距离上的远离家乡,也可引申为情感上的漂泊感或归属感缺失。
空间距离描述
强调物理位置与家乡的遥远,可用于陈述句或疑问句。
例:My home is far away from the school, so I return home once a week.(我家离学校很远,因此每周回家一次)
例:Could you live far away from home forever?(你能一辈子远离家乡生活吗?)
情感与状态引申
在文学或日常表达中,可隐含孤独、思念或迷茫的情绪。
例:What am I in a world so far away from home?(在这远离家乡的世界里,我究竟是谁?)
例:Going so far away from home has been preying on my mind.(离家如此遥远一直让我心烦意乱)
be far away from home:处于离家远的状态
Father is now working far away from home.(父亲现在在离家很远的地方工作)
live/stay far away from home:居住或停留于异乡
Tom always lives far away from home.(汤姆总是离家很远)
travel/study far away from home:因旅行或学习而漂泊
That's my first trip far away from home!(这是我第一次离家远行!)
I'm writing this article in China, far away from my home in the United States.(我在中国写这篇文章,远离我在美国的家)
When she woke up in the morning, she always found herself on her high white bed, far away from home.(当她早上醒来,总发现自己躺在高高的白色床上,离家很远)
Without you, I will be so far away from home.(若没有你,我便如同远离家乡)
Liu's parents work far away from home in a different city.(刘明辉的父母在另一座远离家乡的城市打工)
The couple saw something that reminded them of their son who was far away from home.(夫妻俩睹物思人,想起了远在他乡的儿子)
As my home is far away from school, I have to lodge in school.(因家离学校远,我不得不住校)
In my dreams I am not so far away from home.(在梦中,我从未如此远离家乡)
A girl far away from home like this will certainly make the parents worry.(女孩子这样离家,家人一定会担心)
We are bees far away from the sweet cradle and home.(我们是远离甜蜜摇篮与家乡的蜜蜂)
Much later, far away back home in Spain, I got an email from Karim.(很久以后,我在遥远的西班牙家中收到了卡里姆的邮件)
faraway(形容词):直接修饰名词,表示“遥远的”,如 faraway places(遥远的地方)。
far from:意为“远非;并非”,表否定或转折,如 Computers, far from destroying jobs, can create employment.(计算机远非破坏就业,反而能创造工作机会)。
该短语常出现在移民、留学或务工群体的表达中,反映现代人因生活或工作而与家乡产生的距离感。在歌曲、文学作品中,它也常作为主题意象,如英文歌曲《Far Away From Home》便通过这一短语传递对归属的渴望。
无论是地理上的远行还是心灵上的漂泊,“far away from home”始终是人类对“根”与“远方”永恒矛盾的语言缩影。你是否也曾有过“身在异乡为异客”的时刻?