| 单词 | distant |
| 释义 | distant (dɪstənt ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Distant means very far away. The mountains rolled away to a distant horizon. ...the war in that distant land. Synonyms: far-off, far, remote, removed 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 You use distant to describe a time or event that is very far away in the future or in the past. There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too distant future. Last summer's drought is a distant memory. Synonyms: faint, vague, dim, uncertain 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A distant relative is one who you are not closely related to. He's a distant relative of the mayor. They were distant cousins. Synonyms: remote, slight, indirect distantly adverb [usually ADVERB -ed] His father's distantly related to the Royal family. 4. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you describe someone as distant, you mean that you find them cold and unfriendly. He found her cold, ice-like and distant. He is direct and courteous but distant. Synonyms: reserved, cold, withdrawn, cool 5. adjective If you describe someone as distant, you mean that they are not concentrating on what they are doing because they are thinking about other things. There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere. Synonyms: faraway, blank, abstracted, vague Collocations: distant dream Despite the landslide referendum victory, this looks a distant dream. The Sun (2016) These giant leaps aren't some distant dream. The Sun (2013) Our shale revolution remains a distant dream. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A distant echo, a folk memory, of what all this once was, what we once were. Times, Sunday Times There, with the stands empty and the adulation a distant echo, his true worth will be exposed. Times, Sunday Times It was a traumatic time of not knowing, the distant echo of atrocity haunting her nights. Times, Sunday Times Many of these stories, however, contain only distant echoes of the original. Times, Sunday Times Distant echoes of a not so distant musical past could only be detected in the occasional appearance of sparse chords played on a polyphonic synthesizer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An air raid siren sounds and a distant explosion shakes the room. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He testified he remembered hearing a distant explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Distant explosions were the future. The Times Literary Supplement One morning, the skiers hear distant explosions. Times, Sunday Times From the rooftop terrace, distant explosions can still be heard as fighting continues in a suburb. Times, Sunday Times In the distant future, humanity has reached the stars and hangs out with alien races. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Set deep in space in the distant future, only two humans remain. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This leads to a poor understanding of the distant future and a poor understanding of things like inflation. Times, Sunday Times (2014) But this would all take place in the distant future. ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003) And rumours persist that we may see him back at the Royal Ballet as a guest artist in the not too distant future. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In some distant galaxy they are watching it all. The Sun It looks like no other supercar - particularly from the rear, where it resembles a flying saucer from a distant galaxy. The Sun Gradually a picture of a distant galaxy emerged. Smithsonian We're over the stars — the stars in the most distant galaxy — and we simply don't care about the fall that may follow. Times, Sunday Times It reminds me a little of the observers who detected a regular radio message coming from a distant galaxy. Times, Sunday Times It was like hearing the sound of music faintly, coming from across the distant hills. Times, Sunday Times The tranquil views from the terrace are of mature trees and distant hills. Times, Sunday Times Hay bales, russet on ochre, tall pinewoods, sheep grazing in dales by the trackside, a few wind farms on low distant hills. Times, Sunday Times On this sunny spring morning, wisps of mist still linger on the distant hills. Times, Sunday Times What a wonderful view towards the distant hills on this summer's day. Times, Sunday Times Does the government really believe that dental discomfort will disappear into the distant horizon with two painkillers? Times,Sunday Times The ideal conditions to see a green flash are a clear view of a distant horizon, such as the sea. Times, Sunday Times The car demands changes in your driving style beyond checking the distant horizon for obstacles. Times, Sunday Times Well, it's built for straight highways and the distant horizon. Times, Sunday Times As the seasons unspooled, even when it was just on the distant horizon - still many years away - that final question lurked: who will win? The Times Literary Supplement You may feel duty-bound to consider somewhere less obvious, some distant island with a gingganggoolie spa that your dinner guests have never heard of. Times, Sunday Times Actually not in town, but on some distant island somewhere in the ar*e end of never mind. The Sun They could get no nearer than, and from an examination of the distant island through binoculars could see no indications of life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After taking a few precautions, however, they set sail for the distant island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Daffy promptly falls into the water and emerges on a distant island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because the plants were buried in situ, rather than after transport to a distant location, important morphological details and ecological information can be obtained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It used electromagnets to drive and synchronize movement of pendulums at the source and the distant location, to scan and reproduce images. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would mean that even a completely collapsed quantum system still can be found at a distant location. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2010, a group of scientists reported that fish larvae can drift on ocean currents and reseed fish stocks at a distant location. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Studio rates are generally lower than distant location rates, which would need to be paid (in addition to travel time and mileage) for work outside the studio zone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By next year's midterm elections yesterday's embarrassment could be a distant memory. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The balmy dry weather of September seems a distant memory. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The energy crisis would be a distant memory. The Sun (2014) The helpless infant stirs a distant memory and provides a link to the humanity that poverty and desperation has all but crushed from him. Times, Sunday Times (2012) That glorious past now seems a dim and distant memory. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He would be tired, or outraged, never satisfied to light on a peak in a distant mountain range. The Times Literary Supplement Distant mountain peaks rise out of high clouds and mist, while streaming rivers run from afar into the foreground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, a dispatch center for taxicabs may have an office downtown but have a base station on a distant mountain top. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the end of the valley, the sun breaks out over a distant mountain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Changes in sedimentation rate revealed by magnetostratigraphy are often related to either climatic factors or to tectonic developments in nearby or distant mountain ranges. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was then able to calculate the apparent height of a distant object using two similar triangles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The subject fixates a distant object with both eyes open and appropriate correction in place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each vane (also called a pinnule or pinule) has a hole, slot or other indicator through which one can view a distant object. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To focus on a distant object, a horse will raise its head. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This kind of mirage can involve almost any kind of distant object, including boats, islands, and the coastline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What was previously a normal rite of passage to adulthood has instead become like scaling a distant peak that can only be conquered after years of effort and preparation. Times, Sunday Times Then gazed up at distant peaks where the chamois gambolled and the snow still glistened. Times, Sunday Times This unusual house offers views of the distant peaks from all four bedrooms, as well as the living space and the terrace. Times, Sunday Times With views for many miles towards distant peaks, we were lords of the world. Times, Sunday Times With the financial barrier now crumbling, talented students will continue to want to scale these more distant peaks, and we expect the level of interest to rise steadily. Times, Sunday Times Rarer still are outbreaks of civil unrest that spread spontaneously from place to distant place. The Sun Scientists said that using robots provided a powerful two-way experience that allowed people to have a physical presence in a distant place, unlike, say, video conferencing. Times, Sunday Times We might sympathize with the earliest travellers, as they returned from a once distant place, ranting about monsters, frozen oceans, or fiery mountains. The Times Literary Supplement A broker came from a distant place to attend the auction, but all the furniture was withdrawn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The power station had to be built in a distant place, almost 300m away from the theatre, to ensure noise minimization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A distant planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star has offered a glimpse of the likely fate of our own solar system. Times,Sunday Times To me, though, my past isn't so much a foreign country as a distant planet. Times, Sunday Times One hour on a distant planet can equal years back on earth. Christianity Today An organic chemical that could be an indicator of extraterrestrial life has been identified on a distant planet. Times, Sunday Times When a trio of tiny astronauts crash-land on a distant planet, they find themselves isolated by massive foliage in a hostile environment. Times, Sunday Times Think 'distant relation' rather than 'best friend' when talking to potential employers. The Sun Why should llamas make do with a distant relation? Times, Sunday Times Whether she was an aunt, a cousin, or a more distant relation can not be determined from the word. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The business continued under distant relations until 1843. Times, Sunday Times Lacking large corpora or extended texts, more distant relations of that family are unclear. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The crurotarsan archosaur - a distant relative of today's crocs - were 40ft long, ten tons and had 45cm serrated teeth. The Sun (2008) But the centenary of her death seemed to me the perfect time to re-examine her life, particularly because she is a distant relative. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Sometimes only in retrospect is the significance of the genetic load that a distant relative carried understood. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A distant relative of the elephant, it spends its life in the sea, its slow progress grazing sea grass making it easy prey. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I'm tempted to think that the court was designed by a distant relative of the man who invented the pinball machine. Times, Sunday Times (2007) As a result, even they are hearing the distant rumble of tumbrils. Times, Sunday Times At first there was a distant rumble, then the earth started shaking under your feet. Times, Sunday Times A distant rumble, channeled by the shilly stratum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And although there was no sign of rain or other lightning, the sound of distant rumbling thunder was heard shortly afterwards. Times, Sunday Times You find yourself a distant second, forced to reconsider your views on the butterfly as a flying machine. Times, Sunday Times Their members' interests come a distant second to their own financial reward. The Sun They came a distant second here and were given a lesson in one-day skills. Times, Sunday Times Yes, vacuum cleaners are extremely satisfying, but they come a distant second to 30ft of plastic yellow tubing. Times, Sunday Times Another hilarious episode where the quizzing comes a distant second to the banter. The Sun Can two total strangers really marry and make a life for themselves in distant shores? The Sun Yet rarely do we hear the human story behind these moving experiences that bear comparison to the emigration of settlers to distant shores. Times, Sunday Times Driftwood then finds its way to distant shores far beyond the tree line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Countless congregations seem to be taking up the same hymn, but on distant shores. Times, Sunday Times The internet, the cloud, the digital economy are all bringing distant shores closer to home. Times, Sunday Times Wherever you were in the school, you could hear the distant sound of the piano. Times, Sunday Times And if that means frequent arguments followed by the distant sound of a slamming bedroom door, then so be it. The Sun The crowd inside the stadium then heard the distant sound of a helicopter hovering. The Sun The distant sound of pickaxes and the recovery of 1,900 clay guardians must disturb the emperor's rest. Times, Sunday Times Only occasionally was the distant sound of a bulldozer heard. Times, Sunday Times We are all, it concluded punningly, made from the dust of an exploding distant star. Times, Sunday Times O bring me to thee, far distant star! The Times Literary Supplement Researchers believe the distant star had 20 to 30 times the mass of our sun but two or three times the diameter — making it extremely dense. The Sun In the reference frame co-rotating with the spacecraft, the distant star appears to move along a circular trajectory around the spacecraft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The residents are frantically working on a spacecraft that will take them to a planet orbiting a distant star. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Workers are condemned to live in rabbit hutches or spend hours commuting from distant suburbs. Times, Sunday Times At one end, you'll find recent migrants taking complicated night-bus rides from distant suburbs to service offices in the city. Times, Sunday Times The suburban rail network reaches the city's distant suburbs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Poverty and crime are more associated with the distant suburbs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But dark clouds coming in from the sea and the crackle of distant thunder forced a postponement. Times, Sunday Times Either that's distant thunder or our tummies are rumbling. Times,Sunday Times It's a bleakly beautiful film, full of angry skies and distant thunder. Times, Sunday Times But even there the distant thunder from far-off lands demanded his attention. Times, Sunday Times He gesticulates, sadly not quite in time with the distant thunder. Times, Sunday Times During the spring and autumn we therefore look up and out of the disc, and so gain a good view of the distant universe. Times, Sunday Times The light from planets in the distant universe takes hundreds, thousands or millions of years before it reaches our eyes. Times,Sunday Times Stylistically it was from a distant universe. Times, Sunday Times Four billion years ago, in the distant universe, there was a cosmic catastrophe. Times, Sunday Times Astronomers have unveiled the best map yet of the cosmos, uncovering the origins of the most massive galaxies in the distant universe ten billion years ago. Times, Sunday Times The seeds of addiction often begin in unhappy or emotionally distant early relationships - even back with your parents - but you can get help to change. The Sun He was emotionally distant - just like my dad. Times, Sunday Times I'm 37 and single and have always been emotionally distant in relationships. The Sun In a paradox of the times, technology has helped this generation maintain emotionally close, long-distance friends while staying emotionally distant from local friends. Christianity Today We were becoming emotionally distant. The Sun Correspondence chess allows people or clubs who are geographically distant to play one another without meeting in person. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dialects are, for the most part, mutually intelligible; however communication can be difficult between speakers of geographically distant dialects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Typically, leased lines are used by businesses to connect geographically distant offices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Similarly, geographically distant wind turbines or wind farms have lower correlations, reducing overall variability. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His position was that similar forms (species) found in geographically distant regions could be accounted for by formation rings with a fixed set of characters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not of the future; the impossibly distant past. Times, Sunday Times The days when rock'n'rollers were true outlaws seem impossibly distant. Times, Sunday Times But there were many moments when the dream seemed impossibly distant. Times, Sunday Times We may be able to detect fantastically small particles and impossibly distant galaxies, but we don't even know, he says, what happens when water boils. Times, Sunday Times A wrench it may be, but you'll need to turn away from the beach, pushing inland to where scalded russet earth meets stretched cobalt sky at an impossibly distant horizon. Times, Sunday Times Research repeatedly suggests that people feel those who are elected to political office are seen as increasingly distant from those whom they represent. Times, Sunday Times The couple have grown increasingly distant. The Sun Others found him increasingly distant, sometimes disrespectful. Times, Sunday Times We will all have to get used to the idea that steadily rising living standards may be a thing of the increasingly distant past. Times, Sunday Times Their marriage has been troubled for some time, with both becoming increasingly distant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 在远处的 Japanese: 離れた |
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