in the distance

in the distance — 慣用語

1. at a place far from you that you can still just about see or hear.

1.慣用語A2
釋義

在遠方

在仍可隱約看見或聽見的遠處

at a place far from you that you can still just about see or hear.

例句

Yuna pointed at the snowy mountains rising in the distance behind the village.

Yuna 指向村莊後方在遠方聳立的雪山。

see something + in the distance

Somewhere in the distance, a dog began to bark as the sun went down.

遠方某處，一隻狗在夕陽西下時開始吠叫。

fronted: 'in the distance' opening the clause

常見搭配
  • far in the distance
  • somewhere in the distance
  • fade into the distance
同義詞
  • far off

    more informal; can stand alone as an adjective (a far-off land)

  • far away

    plainer everyday phrasing; can describe both place and time

反義詞
  • close up

    viewing something from very near

  • nearby

    a short distance away rather than far

文法句型

see/hear something + in the distance

用法筆記

Typically follows a verb of seeing or hearing (see, watch, hear, spot), describing something on the far edge of what the senses can reach. Often placed at the very start or end of the clause.

常見錯誤

I saw a ship in distance.
I saw a ship in the distance.
the phrase always keeps 'the' before 'distance'.
A boat moved on the distance.
A boat moved in the distance.
use 'in', not 'on', for something far away in view.