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distant单词基本解析：

adj.遥远的，久远的; 远亲的; 冷淡的; 恍惚的
adj.疏远的, 遥远的, 远房的, 陌生的, 远行的
adj.遥远的；冷漠的，冷淡的；远离的，远隔的；不太清晰的

distant变化用词：

副词:distantly;
副词: distantly |

distant英英释义：

Adjective

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"

形容词 distant:

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

far apart in relevance or relationship

remote in manner

同义词：aloof, upstage

separate or apart in time

同义词：remote, removed

apart in space

同义词：remote

distantadj.separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

"distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"

far apart in relevance or relationship

"a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"

remote in manner

"a distant smile"

同义词：aloofupstage

separate or apart in time

"distant events"

同义词：remoteremoved

apart in space

"distant lands"

同义词：remote

distant中文词源：

distant用法和例句：

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。

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。

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。

We're distantly related.

我们是远亲。

Holly smiled distantly.

霍利恍惚地笑了笑。

stories from the distant past

很久以前的故事

a distant cousin/aunt/relative

远房堂兄弟 / 姑母 / 亲戚

the distant sound of music

远处的音乐声

distant stars/planets

遥远的恒星 / 行星

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。

(formal)The airport was about 20 kilometres distant.

机场在大约20公里远的地方。

a star 30 000 light years distant from the Earth

离地球3万光年远的一颗恒星

(figurative)Peace was just a distant hope (= not very likely) .

和平只是遥不可及的希望而已。

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。

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.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

A distant relative is not as good as a near neighbour.

远亲不如近邻.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

distant

The optimism of 1989 seems sadly distant.

1989年的那种乐观如今似乎相当遥远。

A nearsighted person cannot focus accurately on distant objects.

一个近视眼者不能准确地调节眼睛看远处的物体。

Education in some distant areas is on the march.

一些边远地区的教育正在发展之中。

A distant ships smoke on the horizon.

一只遥远船的烟雾在地平线上.

A distant ship smoke on the horizon.

一条冷漠的船,视野里的烟雾。

The distant past; distant events.

久远的过去; 久远的往事

A man without distant care must have sorrow.

人无远虑,必有近忧。

The castle looked out over the distant forest.

从城堡望出去，远处是一片森林。

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。

The hill commands a fine distant view.

从这座山上可以眺望美丽的远景。

The house has a view of distant buttes.

从这所房子里能看到远处的孤峰。

You can see the distant, tall TV tower from here.

从这里就可以看到远处挺拔高耸的电视塔。

They are calling, from across the distant shore.

他们呼唤,在遥远的海岸。

They are my friends from distant places.

他们是我的远方来客。

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。

They caught the gleam of the distant sea.

他们看见远处大海的粼粼波光。

He had tales of distant countries .

他会讲许多遥远的国家的故事。

There was a distant resemblance between them.

他俩有隐约相似的地方。

How distant those times seemed now, he reflected.

他在想那些日子现在已显得多麽遥远。

He sat on the playground listening to the distant croak.

他坐在操场上，聆听远处的蛙鸣。

He remained distant from the people he worked with.

他对同事们始终敬而远之。

He pointed to a tower on the distant horizon.

他指向远处地平线上的一座塔。

He was a cold man, aloof and distant.

他是个冷漠严肃的人，令人难以接近。

He is a distant connection of my wife's.

他是我妻子的一个远亲。

He is a distant relative of mine.

他是我的一位远亲。

He is a distant cousin of mine.

他是我的一位远房表亲。

He is a distant relation of mine.

他是我的远房亲戚。

His stepson is still very distant towards him.

他的继子对他仍然很疏远。

He emigrated to a distant country, where he felt he could live in safety from his enemies.

他移居到一个遥远的国家，在那里他觉得能摆脱仇敌，可以平平安安地生活。

He was exiled to a distant land.

他被放逐到一个很远的地方。

He has visited many distant lands.

他访问过许多遥远的国家。

By his cold and distant manners he holds off all who are not intimate with him.

他那冷淡的态度，使所有不熟悉他的人不敢接近他。

Anyone who offended the king used to be relegated to a distant lonely island.

任何冒犯了国王的人过去常被流放到偏远的荒岛。

You can travel to the most distant galaxy.

你可以到最遥远的星系。

You can focus your telescope on that distant television tower.

你可以对著那座远方的电视塔调节望远镜的镜头。

You're a distant relative of a dead cousin.

你是一位已经死去的表亲的远方亲属。

Can you get distant stations on your transistor?

你的晶体管收音机能收到远处的电台吗?

Do you see the steep cliff of a distant point or place?

你看见远处的悬崖了吗?

Can you hear the distant sound of a bell?

你能听到遥远的钟声吗?

Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?

你能骑着扫把去很远的地方吗？

Distant from a center of activity; remote.

偏远的远离活动中心的; 偏远的

My company is five miles distant from my home.

公司距离我家五英里远。

A more or less distant relative.

关系亲密的亲戚。

The red flowers in the distant mountain! Kapok?

前方远山上火红的花朵是木棉吗?

And sends the ships to distant land.

又送白帆航远海

Distant fireworks could be heard popping off .

可以听见远处的爆竹在劈啪作响。

And yet you are so far. like a distant star.

可是,你又是那么的遥远,就像遥远的星星..........

And towards our distant rest began to trudge.

向着我们遥远的憩息处开始跋涉。

Peace was just a distant hope(= not very likely).

和平只是遥不可及的希望而已。

Oh, distant vistas are like the distant future.

噢！遥远的景色就像遥远的未来。

Recalling the emotions of my distant memories.

回想起那远在记忆深处的感情。

For those near to you are distant, you say.

因为你知道,咫尺就是天涯。

I have a distant relative in this small town.

在这个小镇上我有一个远亲。

In the distant future people may live on the moon.

在遥远的将来，人类有可能在月球上生活。

It snows all the year round in that distant little village.

在那个遥远的小村落里整年下雪。

In a distant place there lives a bonnie lass.

在那遥远的地方有位好姑娘。

A distant ship's smoke on the horizon.

地平线,遥远的船只,缥缈的烟

The foreign visitors came from a distant country.

外国游客来自一个遥远的国度。

The fan will reach its distant destination.

多谢师父新书远寄桃花扇。

The sun sets beyond the distant hills.

太阳落在远方小山那边。

The sun is distant from the earth.

太阳距地球很遥远。

Her husband have become strange and distant.

她丈夫变得陌生又疏远。

She was going to a distant part of Scotland.

她到苏格兰的一个偏僻的地方去了。

She passed by with only a distant nod.

她只冷淡地点了一下头就走了过去。

She ran into an old friend in a distant land.

她在他乡遇故知。

She's always very distant with Ann.

她对安妮总是很冷淡。

She recalled the events of the distant past.

她想起了悠远的往事。

She is a distant connection of my wife's.

她是我妻子的远亲。

She is a distant cousin of mine.

她是我的远房表妹。

She has a great many distant relations.

她有许多远亲。

Her manner was cold and distant.

她的态度冷漠而疏远。

But she was civil, although distant.

她虽然态度冷淡，倒还算客气。

What left it in its homeland distant?

它给远方的祖国留下了什么?

Security is an even more distant prospect.

安全是一个更为遥远的愿景。

Focus the telescope on that distant lighthouse.

对着那座远方的灯塔调节望远镜的镜头。

Focus the telescope ore that distant lighthouse.

将望远镜对准远处的灯塔。

The village is rather distant from here.

小村离这里还相当远。

We fix our hope on the distant horizon.

希望寄托在遥远的地平线上。

The pirates infested the distant seas.

当时远洋上海盗横行。

One day, in dim and distant times many travelers assembled at a traditional English inn to go on an outing to the Cathedral of Canterbury.

很久以前的一天，许多旅客聚集在一个老式的英格兰客栈里，准备去坎特伯雷教堂观光。

用作形容词(adj.)

His stepson is still very distant towards him.
他的继子对他仍然很疏远。

Her manner was cold and distant.
她的态度冷漠而疏远。

It snows all the year round in that distant little village.
在那个遥远的小村落里整年下雪。

This palmer came from a very distant place.
这个朝圣者来自非常远的地方。

She is a distant cousin of mine.
她是我的远房表妹。

They sat down to meat with a distant cousin of the house.
他们便坐下来，同一个远房表亲一起用饭。

Her husband have become strange and distant.
她丈夫变得陌生又疏远。

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