基本释义
- adj.
- 遥远的，久远的; 远亲的; 冷淡的; 恍惚的
词性变化
- 副词:distantly;
实用例句
Pat sounded very cold and distant on the phone.
从电话里听起来帕特非常冷淡和疏远。
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There was a distant look in her eyes; her mind was obviously on something else.
她眼神恍惚，显然心里在想着别的什么事儿。
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Somewhere, distantly, he could hear the sound of the sea.
他能听到在远处某个地方的海浪声。
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We're distantly related.
我们是远亲。
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Holly smiled distantly.
霍利恍惚地笑了笑。
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stories from the distant past
很久以前的故事
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a distant cousin/aunt/relative
远房堂兄弟 / 姑母 / 亲戚
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the distant sound of music
远处的音乐声
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distant stars/planets
遥远的恒星 / 行星
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The time we spent together is now a distant memory.
我们一起度过的时光现已成为久远的记忆。
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(formal)The airport was about 20 kilometres distant.
机场在大约20公里远的地方。
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a star 30 000 light years distant from the Earth
离地球3万光年远的一颗恒星
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(figurative)Peace was just a distant hope (= not very likely) .
和平只是遥不可及的希望而已。
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Their life seemed utterly distant from his own.
他们的生活与他自己的生活似乎完全不同。
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Last summer's drought is a distant memory.
去年夏天的旱灾已成为遥远的记忆。
He's a distant relative of the mayor...
他是市长的一个远亲。
They were distant cousins.
他们是远房表亲。
He found her cold, ice-like and distant...
他觉得她冷若冰霜，拒人于千里之外。
He is direct and courteous but distant.
他直截了当且礼数周全，但是态度冷淡。
There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere.
她眼中时时流露出心不在焉的神情，思绪已飘至别处。
The mountains rolled away to a distant horizon.
群山向远处的地平线绵延而去。
...the war in that distant land.
在那遥远国度的战争
There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too distant future...
不过事情在不久的将来会有所改善，这几乎毋庸置疑。
He is a distant cousin of mine.
他是我的远房堂兄.
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A distant relative is not as good as a near neighbour.
远亲不如近邻.
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真题例句
It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts (宇航员) someday may survive so long in space that they would return to an Earth of the distant future.
出自-2011年6月听力原文He wanted to "set the standard for beauty in classical and mode cooling, and prove to the distant future that the French chefs of the 19th century were the most famous in the world", as he wrote in his papers.
2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BSome fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south.
2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section CBut they can attain more distant orbits; NASA plans for most of its future Earth-escaping payloads to the moon and Mars especially to carry CubeSats.
2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BLet's face it, it wasn't too long ago that the idea of working from anywhere and at anytime was some form of a distant utopian dream,and yet now we can perform almost any office-based task from any location in the world as long as we have access to the in
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CI encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark.
2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文To many people, technology means computers, hand-held devices, or vehicles that travel to distant planets.
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文Some papers even had the nerve to refuse delivery to distant suburbs.
2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance;
"the distant past"
"distant villages"
"the sound of distant traffic"
"a distant sound"
"a distant telephone call"
2. far apart in relevance or relationship;
"a distant cousin"
"a distant likeness"
3. remote in manner;
"stood apart with aloof dignity"
"a distant smile"
"he was upstage with strangers"
4. far distant in time;
"distant events"
"the remote past or future"
"a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
5. far distant in space;
"distant lands"
"remote stars"
"a remote outpost of civilization"
"a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"