distancing
疏远,疏远了,疏远感,疏离
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Definitions
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- : the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- : the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness.
- : a linear extent of space: Seven miles is a distance too great to walk in an hour.
- : an expanse; area: A vast distance of water surrounded the ship.
- : the interval between two points of time; an extent of time: His vacation period was a good distance away.
- : remoteness or difference in any respect: Our philosophies are a long distance apart.
- : an amount of progress: We've come a long distance on the project.
- : a distant point, place, or region.
- : the distant part of a field of view: a tree in the distance.
- : absence of warmth; reserve: Their first meeting in several years was hampered by a certain distance between them.
- : Music. interval.
- : aesthetic distance.
- : Horse Racing. the space measured back from the winning post that a horse must reach by the time the winner passes the winning post or be eliminated from subsequent heats.
- : Mathematics. the greatest lower bound of differences between points, one from each of two given sets.
- : Obsolete. disagreement or dissension; a quarrel.
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dis·tanced, dis·tanc·ing.
- : to leave behind at a distance, as at a race; surpass.
- : to place at a distance.
- : to cause to appear distant.
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Examples
“You can borrow that stuff if you want to,” McKenna says, putting a heavy, distancing accent on the word stuff.
Now, Dickie says, the church is distancing itself from the perceived alliance.
During that time, his success mounted but he seemed to be distancing himself from cultural relevance.
I think a psychological distancing from England has played a role, too.
But, astonishingly, rather than distancing themselves from the crisis, Hamas leaders have intensified their engagement in it.
Aware that the Sioux were distancing them, the Pawnee hunters were shouting encouragement to their tribesmen.
It sank in Rhoda like the preaching of an end that was promise of a beginning, and girdled a distancing land of trouble.
This very rarely happens, as he is a crack shot, easily distancing the other competitors.
The heartless master plunged the spurs into his horse's sides, for the dogs were out-distancing him.
The moon has far more majesty when but distancing the tree-tops than when rolling apparently at random through an empty sky.