dis·tance

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【释义】：

n．❶ 距离：the distance from Shenyang to Peking从沈阳到北京的距离．It is some distance to the factory．离工厂相当远．The post office is no distance at all．邮局一点不远．The station is a good(or a great) distance off．车站离得很远．My house is within walking distance of the school．从我家到学校可以走去．at a distance 隔开一些，稍远一些：This picture looks better at a distance．这幅画远一点看就好些．from a distance 从远处．in the distance 在远处．❷ 一段时间：look back over a distance of twenty years回顾过去二十年．at this distance of time时至今日．❸ 疏远，隔阂：keep sb．at a distance 对某人保持距离，对某人疏远．keep one’s distance【喻】不靠近，客客气气．

－vt．❶ 放在远处，保持距离．❷ 遥遥领先：distance others in a race在赛跑中遥遥领先．