afar
英 [əˈfɑː(r)]
美 [əˈfɑːr]
adv. 在远处; 从远处
复数：afars
BNC.15278 / COCA.13131
同义词辨析
afaradv. 〈文〉在远处，从远处，遥远地
〔辨析〕
常前接介词 from。
〔例证〕
He came from afar.
他从远方来。
The white pagoda can be seen from afar.
从远处可以看到那座白塔。
他从远方来。
The white pagoda can be seen from afar.
从远处可以看到那座白塔。
apartadv. 相隔，相距
〔辨析〕
指人或物在空间上有一定的距离。
〔例证〕
The boy stood a bit apart from the rest of us.
那个男孩站在离我们其余人不远的地方。
Why did the manager stand apart from us?
经理为什么和我们分开站着？
那个男孩站在离我们其余人不远的地方。
Why did the manager stand apart from us?
经理为什么和我们分开站着？
asideadv. 在旁边，向一边
〔辨析〕
指将某物搁到一边，或指人走到一边。
〔例证〕
She put her novel aside.
她把小说放在一边。
He stepped aside to let me go first.
他闪到一边让我先走。
她把小说放在一边。
He stepped aside to let me go first.
他闪到一边让我先走。
习惯用语
adv.
- from afar
- 从远处
from a long distance away - He loved her from afar (= did not tell her he loved her) .
他暗恋着她。
柯林斯词典
- ADV 在远处；从远处
Afarmeans a long way away.- Seen from afar, its towering buildings beckon the visitor in.
从远处看，它高耸的大楼召唤着拜访者进去。 - ...a stranger who has loved her from afar for 23 years.
一个暗恋了她23年的陌生人
- Seen from afar, its towering buildings beckon the visitor in.
英英释义
adv
- (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance
- we traveled afar
- we could see the ship afar off
- the Magi came from afar
双语例句
- We had visitors who came from afar.
我们有客人从远方来。 - The shore was still afar.
海岸仍然相距很远。 - I can no longer see him from afar.
我在这儿看不到他。 - From afar, the reed houses resemble the rice dumplings we have at Dragon Boat Festival.
芦苇屋远看像极了我们端午节吃的粽子。 - To have friends from afar, you have to se, is not enough!
有朋自远方来，不够你得瑟的！ - The head of Ethiopia's Afar region insists that Eritrean soldiers had done the deed.
埃塞俄比亚阿法斯地区的首领坚持认为是厄立特里亚士兵进行了此次绑架行动。 - Seen from afar, its towering buildings beckon the visitor in.
从远处看，它高耸的大楼召唤着拜访者进去。 - He rode up and saw me from afar.
他骑着马过来，老远就看见了我。 - You may be afar, but we will never be apart.
也许你身处远方，但我们永远不会分开。 - The gift itself may be light as a goose feather; but sent from afar, it conveys deep feeling.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重。