dis·tance

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第365页（638字）

【释义】：

n．①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．②一段时间：look back over a distance of twenty years回顾过去二十年．at this distance of time时至今日．③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．①放在远处，保持距离．②遥遥领先：distance others in a race在赛跑中遥遥领先．