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distancing

/dis-tuhns/US // ˈdɪs təns //UK // (ˈdɪstəns) //

疏远,疏远了,疏远感,疏离

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n.名词 noun
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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.
v.有主动词 verb
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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.