單詞distance有哪些用法?distance的基本意思是表示空間的“距離”“間距”,也可表示“遠處”“遠方”,可用作可數(shù)名詞,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞。distance還可用來表達時間。表示“(時間或空間的)相距”時,是不可數(shù)名詞。

distance前可加冠詞,有g(shù)reat, enormous, all, long等定語修飾時,常用復(fù)數(shù)形式distances。

in thedistance指“在遠方,遠方的”,表示耳、目所及的地方。somedistance, a gooddistance, quite adistance和a greatdistance都表示“相當(dāng)遠”“很長一段時間”“有相當(dāng)一段距離”。in〔within〕 (easy) walkingdistance表示“在步行可到達的范圍之內(nèi)”。

distance用于比喻可表示“冷淡”“疏遠”,是不可數(shù)名詞。

常見句型

用作名詞 (n.)

Walk on a short distance and there you are.

再往前走不了多遠,你就到了。

It takes strength and attention to drive a truck long distances.

跑長途的汽車司機需要付出勞力,思想也要高度集中。

This is the point, from which all distances are measured.

從這一點開始來測量各方面的距離。

Our destination is still some distance away .

我們的目的地離這里還有一段路程。

The station is a good distance off.

車站離這兒很遠。

It's some distance to the shopping centre.

到購物中心相當(dāng)遠。

It's no distance to the post office at all.

到郵局很近。

We have quite a distance to walk.

我們要走相當(dāng)遠的路程。

I was born in a town quite a distance from here.

我出生在離這兒很遠的鎮(zhèn)上。

In England and America distance is measured in miles, not in kilometres.

在英美,測量距離用英里作單位,不用公里。