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distance [ˈdıstəns] N

1. distance:

distance
距离 jùlí
distance
(时间的)间隔 jiàngé
keep a certain distance between cars
保持适当车距

2. distance:

distance
远处 yuǎnchù
distance
远方 yuǎnfāng
stare into the distance
向远方凝视

distance learner N

distance learning N

long-distance call N Am

long-distance call → trunk call

long-distance call
长途电话 chángtú diànhuà

See also trunk call

trunk call N Brit

trunk call → long distance call

trunk call
长途电话 chángtú diànhuà

Usage examples with distance

stare into the distance
向远方凝视
keep one's distance
保持疏远 bǎochí shūyuǎn
keep sb at a distance
疏远某人 shūyuǎn mǒurén
keep a certain distance between cars
保持适当车距
a telescopic view of the mountain in the distance
从望远镜中看到的远山景色
cover the distance to the city in two hours
两小时走完到城里去的路

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Touches of realism in the down-to-earth figures and detailed vegetation of the foreground contrast with the idyllic golden distance.
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After the noose had been secured around each victim's neck and the hangman had retired to a safe distance, the trapdoor was released.
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In particular, the distance measuring panels, so useful to the television viewer, completely obscured the seated landings of the competitors.
londonist.com
Since then, she has become jaded and resolved to distance herself from relationships.
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At this distance the brightness of the star is diminished by 0.18 in magnitude because of extinction from interstellar gas and dust.
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When a reader becomes fully engrossed in the illusory narrative world of a book, the author has achieved a close aesthetic distance.
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A line of palisades, twelve feet high, at the distance of thirty feet, inclosed the whole, and descended to the river.
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A comfortable long-distance drive and nippy in traffic.
www.independent.ie
Between each class, there are 3-6 metres difference in braking distance.
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It is debatable whether the 3000m is classified as a middle distance or long distance event.
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