1·The fire which lights [warms] us at a distance will burn us when near.
火在远处是明灯， 火在近处烧灼人。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·She had loved him at a distance for years.
她曾经暗恋了他好多年。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.
杰伊一直倾向于同他的女朋友们保持一定的距离。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·This law is known to hold true for galaxies at a distance of at least several billion light years.
这个定律被普遍认为同样适用于至少数十亿光年之远的星系。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·The participants kept the person at a distance of 60% further if they hadn't got enough sleep.
如果睡眠不足，参与者与人保持的距离要远60%。
6·At a distance, there is already a modern quarry.
不远处，已经有了一座现代采石场。
7·They sat at a distance and started hunting for fish.
他们远远地坐着，开始打鱼。
8·The Internet allows us to connect with old friends at a distance.
互联网让我们能够与远方的老朋友保持联系。
9·It was from the lame ruffian who had been following at a distance.
那是那个远远地跟在后面的瘸腿流氓发出的声音。
10·Two months before he died, newspapers were reporting that he was working on a "death ray," and that he had "killed a rat with an intricate device at a distance of three feet".
在他去世的两个月前，报纸报道称他正在研究“死亡射线”，并“用一个复杂的装置在三英尺外杀死了一只老鼠”。