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
- This has generated a friend brought from afar and sharing of the needs of guests.
朋友由此而生成，带来远方客人的需求和共享。 - Ah, you must come from China! It's a delight to have friends coming from afar!
啊，你一定是从中国来的吧！有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎！ - In the cold, late autumn, I miss you again from afar.
在这凄冷的深秋，我又想起了远方的你。 - Faint sounds floated to her ear from afar over the hills.
那隐隐约约的声音从远山飘进了她的耳中。 - He rode up and saw me from afar.
他骑着马过来，老远就看见了我。 - 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。 - 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。 - They know that no one can grant them freedom and rights from afar.
他们知道，没有人能够给予他们的自由和权利，从远方。 - 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。 - Do not look askance at me from afar.
不要远远地斜视我。