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distant

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dis·tant /ˈdɪstənt/ ●●○ W3 adjectiveadj
1  far away 遠處的FAR far away in space or time 遙遠的，遠處的；久遠的
the sound of distant gunfire
遠處的炮火聲
Her honeymoon seemed a distant memory.
她的蜜月似乎成了遙遠的記憶。
That affair was in the dim and distant past (=a long time ago).
那件事已成爲遙遠的過去了。
The president hopes to visit Ireland in the not too distant future (=quite soon).
總統希望在不久的將來訪問愛爾蘭。
distant from
stars that are distant from our galaxy
與我們星系距離遙遠的恒星
► see thesaurus at far
2  not friendly 不友好的UNFRIENDLY unfriendly 不友好的，冷淡的，疏遠的
After the quarrel Sue remained cold and distant.
那次爭吵之後，休一直冷淡疏遠。
3  not concentrating 心不在焉的 thinking deeply about something private, rather than about what is happening around you 心不在焉的，恍惚的，出神的
Geri had a distant look in her eyes.
格裏眼神恍惚。
4  relative 親屬 [only before noun]SSFFAMILY not closely related to you 遠親的 OPP close
a distant cousin
一位遠房表親
5  distant from something different from something or not closely connected with it 與某事物不同，與某事物關系不密切
The reality of independence was distant from the hopes they had had.
獨立後的現實情況與他們原先所希望的大不一樣。
—distantly adverbadv
We are distantly related.
我們是遠親。
n COLLOCATIONS
nouns
the distant past/future (=a long time in the past/future)
It is a fictional story set in the distant past.
In the distant future, there may be a cure for the disease.
a distant memory (=something that happened a long time ago)
Already the summer seemed like a distant memory.
distant mountains/hills
From here, you can look out to the distant hills.
a distant planet/galaxy/star
They saw telescope images of the distant planet Neptune.
a distant sound
Sometimes you can hear the distant sound of traffic from the main road.
distant thunder
Distant thunder rumbled over the mountains.
distant places
She loved the wild, distant places of Scotland.
a distant land literary (=a country that is a long way away)
He fled to a distant land.
phrases
in the dim and distant past humorous (=a long time ago)
Back in the dim and distant past when I was at school, computers didn’t exist.
in the not too distant future (=quite soon)
We’re expecting a final decision in the not too distant future.
Examples from the Corpus
distant• Firebug shrugged, his eyes distant.• The neighbors seem very distant, although I try to be friendly.• Fog hangs on the distant and some of the near hills.• As she was growing up, her father was always distant and took little interest in her achievements.• Then her sad eyes met Morse's in a sort of distant, anonymous camaraderie: she smiled across, almost fully.• Howard is a distant cousin of my mother's.• High-tech digital cameras are used extensively in astronomy to capture dim light from distant galaxies.• Travelers came from distant lands to visit the shrine.• Jeff's been kind of distant lately.• There was no sound other than the distant roar of the ocean.• Even the plural in their name seems to make them extend farther into a distant romantic haze.• Adelaida Parra coordinates seven literacy groups each week spending long hours travelling by bus between the distant shanty towns.• By now, the plane was just a distant speck in the sky.• There was a flash of lightning and then the rumble of distant thunder.
in the not too distant future• Wilder thinks there will be a black president in the not too distant future.• Afterwards, Mr. Reynolds announced that the President would be visiting Ireland in the not too distant future.• The latter is already yielding fresh produce and fresh fruit is expected from the orchard in the not too distant future.• This, and similar organisations, may well become agents of environmental change in the not too distant future.
Origin distant
(1300-1400) Latin distans, present participle of distare “to stand apart”, from stare “to stand”

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