名詞 distance:

1. the property created by the space between two objects or points
2. a distant region
3. size of the gap between two places
   同義詞：length
4. indifference by personal withdrawal
   同義詞：aloofness
5. the interval between two times
   同義詞：space
6. a remote point in time

動詞 distance:

1. keep at a distance
2. go far ahead of
   同義詞：outdistance, outstrip

1. Is his distance a result of snobbery or shyness?
   他態(tài)度冷淡是因為他勢利眼呢，還是因為他靦腆？
2. We can see a windmill in the distance.
   我們可以望見遠處有架風車。
3. We can see the mountain from the distance.
   我們從遠處就可以看到那座山。
4. My house is four miles distance from the sea.
   我家離海四英里。

dis.tance

n.Abbr. dist.,dis.（名詞）縮寫 dist.,dis.
The extent of space between two objects or places; an intervening space.
距離，間距：兩物體或兩地方之間的空間距離；一段空間
The fact or condition of being apart in space; remoteness.
遠離，遠隔：在空間中被分隔的事實或狀態(tài)；遠離
Mathematics The length or numerical value of a straight line or curve.
【數學】 間距：直線或曲線的長度或數值

The extent of space between points on a measured course.
路程：在被測定路線上兩點間延伸的距離
The length of a race, especially of a horserace.
賽跑的長度，尤指賽馬的

A point or an area that is far away:
遠處，遠方：遠處的一點或一個地區(qū)：
例句：
.Telephone poles stretched way into a distance I couldn`t quite see.(Leigh Allison Wilson)
.電話桿一直延伸很遠，我?guī)缀醵伎床磺宄?(利·阿利森·威爾遜)

A depiction of a point or an area that is far away.
描述（遠方之物）：對遠方的某一點或某一地區(qū)的描繪
A stretch of space without designation of limit; an expanse:
寬闊的區(qū)域：一片沒有指定界限的空間；廣闊：
例句：
a land of few hills and great distances.
只有少數山丘的廣闊區(qū)域

The extent of time between two events; an intervening period.
時間間隔：兩件事發(fā)生時間的間隔；一段間隔
A point removed in time:
時間：相隔長遠的時刻：
例句：
At a distance of years, the details of the crime were clouded in his mind.
時隔十一年后，犯罪的細節(jié)在他的腦海里已變得模糊

The period or length of a contest:
競賽期間：比賽的時間段或長度：
例句：
The challenger had never attempted the distance of 2 rounds.
挑戰(zhàn)者從未試圖跑十二圈

An amount of progress:
進展程度：
例句：
The curriculum committee is a distance from where it was two months ago.
課程設計委員會的工作，兩個月來取得很大進展

Difference or disagreement:
分歧，不和，不同意：
例句：
The candidates could not be at a greater distance on this issue.
在這個問題上，候選人之間分歧很大

Chillness of manner; aloofness.
冷淡；不友好
v.tr.（及物動詞）
dis.tanced,dis.tanc.ing,dis.tanc.es
To place or keep at or as if at a distance:
使遠離，使疏遠：
例句：
.To understand Russian strategy . . . it is necessary for us to distance ourselves from our own myths and to enter into theirs.(Freeman J. Dyson)
.要想弄明白俄國的戰(zhàn)略…我們有必要拋開我們自己的神話而考慮他們的.(弗里曼J.戴森)

To cause to appear at a distance.
使顯得遙遠
To leave far behind; outrun.
把…遠遠地甩在后面；遠遠超過