DISTANCE1 the distance between one place or point and another2 to continue for a particular distanceRELATED WORDSa long distance 长距离FARa short distance 短距离NEAR1 the distance between one place or point and another 某地或某一点与另一地或另一点之间的距离distance /ˈdɪstəns/ [countable/uncountable noun]how far it is from one place to another 距离；间距distance from something to something What is the distance from New York to Miami? 纽约与迈阿密之间的距离是多少？the distance between something and something Measure the distance between the window and the door. 量一量窗到门之间的距离。 the distance between the earth and the sun 地球与太阳之间的距离how far /ˌhaʊ ˈfɑːʳ/ [adverb]use this to ask what the distance is between where you are and another place 多远 ‘How far is Newark?’ ‘It's about 200 miles.’ “到纽瓦克有多远？”“大约200英里。”how far is it to...? How far is it to the nearest gas station? 到最近的加油站有多远？from /frəm, strong frɒmǁfrəm, strong frʌm, frɑːm/ [preposition]if one place is 10 kilometres/30 miles/20 minutes etcfrom another place, that is the distance between the two places, or the time it takes to getfrom one to the other 距…，离…〔表示距离或行程时间〕 Seattle is about 100 miles from the Canadian border. 西雅图离加拿大边境约100英里。 The junior high school is five minutes from our house. 这所初级中学离我家五分钟的路程。 She was standing just a couple of metres from the edge of the cliff. 她站在离悬崖边仅几米处。away /əˈweɪ/ [adverb]if a place or person is 10 kilometres/30 miles/20 minutes etcaway, they are that distance from where you are, or it takes that amount of time to travel there 距…，离…〔表示距离或行程时间〕 The nearest village was about 20 miles away. 最近的村庄约20英里远。 Toronto's only about an hour and a half away by car. 开车去多伦多的话约一个半小时的路程。away from The station is about two miles away from the city centre. 车站离市中心约两英里远。 He was standing three metres away from the bomb when it exploded. 炸弹爆炸时他正站在离它3米远的地方。off /ɒfǁɔːf/ [adverb]if something is 10 kilometres/30 metres etcoff, that is how far it is from you or from the place you are talking about 距…，离…〔表示距离〕 The nearest town is fifteen kilometres off. 最近的小镇在15公里以外。 The robbers must be a long way off by now. 小偷现在肯定已经跑得很远了。 We were still several miles off, but you could already see a glow in the sky from the lights of the city. 我们尚在几英里之外，但你已经看得到城市灯火映照到空中的亮光。apart /əˈpɑːʳt/ [adverb]if two places, objects, or people are three miles, two centimetres etcapart, that is the distance between them 〔两个地方、物件或人之间〕相距 The seeds should be planted a few inches apart. 应该相隔数英寸播下种子。 The two towns are fifteen miles apart. 这两个城镇相距15英里。 We were standing a few feet apart from each other. 我们站在相距几英尺的地方。well apartwide apart 分得很开 Stand on the skis with your feet well apart. 双脚分开站在滑雪板上。far aparta long way apart 相距很远 The National Weather Service is forecasting snow in cities as far apart as Atlanta, Boston, and Cleveland. 国家气象服务中心预报说像亚特兰大、波士顿和克利夫兰这些相距很远的城市都将有降雪。a long/short way /ə ˌlɒŋ, ˌʃɔːʳt ˈweɪǁ-ˌlɔːŋ-/use this to say how far one place is from another or from where you are 很远/很近a long/short way from California is a long way from Georgia. 加利福尼亚州离佐治亚州很远。 Only a short way from the buildings is the impressive entrance to Bruntscar Cave. 距这些建筑仅一小段路就是壮观的布伦特斯卡洞穴的入口处。a long/short way away Oxford is just a short way away. You can make the drive in under an hour. 去牛津的路很近，开车的话用不了一小时。2 to continue for a particular distance 延伸一段距离extend/stretch /ɪkˈstend, stretʃ/ [intransitive verb]to continue over a particular distance, especially a long distance 延伸〔尤指一段长距离〕extend/stretch around/over/through etc The desert stretches over five different countries. 这片沙漠覆盖五个不同的国家。 From the corner of the terrace the path extended down to the sea. 这条小道从平台的一角延伸至海边。stretch from something to something The valley stretches from Vassai in the north to Momere in the southwest. 峡谷北起瓦塞，向西南绵延至莫梅尔。extend/stretch for The estuary stretches for over 100 miles. 这河口有一百多英里长。range /reɪndʒ/ [countable/uncountable noun]the distance that something can travel over or reach 范围；射程；路程range of The rockets have a range of 4000 km. 这些火箭的射程为4,000公里。 A typical radio signal has a range of about 100 miles. 典型的无线电信号范围约有100英里。within rangeat a distance that is less than the range 在范围内 As soon as the tanks came within range, the soldiers opened fire. 坦克一进入射程之内，士兵就开火了。out of rangeat a distance greater than the range 在范围外 The enemy were just out of range of our cannon. 敌人刚好在我们大炮的射程之外。 The demonstrators were hurling rocks but the police stayed out of range. 示威游行的人在扔石块，不过警察站在投掷距离之外。