1·In the much more distant past, other ice ages have occurred.
在更久远的过去，其他冰河时代也曾发生过这种情况。
2·In the distant past, large herbivores like mastodons dispersed maclura seeds, each the size of an orange in their droppings.
在遥远的过去，像乳齿象这样的大型食草动物播撒着桑橙属植物的种子，在它们的粪便中，每个种子都像橙子那么大。
3·It was once thought that the fungus that ants cultivate was a single type that they had propagated, essentially unchanged from the distant past.
人们曾经认为，蚂蚁培育的真菌是它们繁殖的一种单一品种，自远古时期以来基本上没有改变。
4·But in recent years people have set their sights on the more distant past, when Europe's forests were filled with elephants, rhinoceroses and big cats.
但近年来，人们把目光投向了更遥远的过去，那时候欧洲森林里到处都是大象、犀牛以及大型猫科动物。
5·She had started to delve into her father's distant past.
她开始探究她父亲久已逝去的岁月。
—— 《牛津词典》
6·Elves, goblins, and trolls seem to be the timeless creations of the distant past, but gremlins were born in the 20th century.
精灵、小妖精和侏儒似乎是远古时代永恒的产物，但小妖精诞生于20世纪。
7·That bias now is in the distant past.
现在这种偏见已经成为遥远的过去。
8·A further confirmation comes from the distant past.
一个更进一步的确认却是来自遥远的过去。
9·The story seems to take place in some distant past, until a mobile phone rings.
故事好像发生在久远的故去，直到移动电话响起。
10·In the distant past, climate variations may have shaped the very nature of our species.
在遥远的过去，气候变化塑成了我们这些物种的本质。