distance是我们初学英语时经常会遇到的单词，它的意思和用法让许多初学者感到大为头疼，下面就请跟着小编一起来学习这个单词吧。

distance的意思是距离;间距;(空间的)遥远;(时间的)久远，间隔;远方;远处。

v.拉开距离;使疏远，使远离;把…远远甩在后面，超过，赶过，胜过;比…做得更好或更多;与…疏远。adj.远程(教育)的.

短语搭配：

go the distance继续跑完全程,赛足全局等 continue to run, fight, etc. until the end of a contest

keep at a distance

keep one's distance (from)

词组搭配：

calculate distance 计算出距离 ;

close the distance between 缩小…间的差距;

cover a distance 穿过一段距离,横跨一段距离

go the distance on foot徒步走这段距离;

go the full distance 走完全程,经过全过程

increase the distance扩大距离

keep a distance保持距离

braking distance 刹车距离

certain distance 一定的距离

direct distance 垂直距离

easy distance 交通方便的路程

long distance 长距离

quite a distance 相当远的距离

safe distance 安全距离

short distance 短距离,不远

名词例句：

He judged the distance to a nicety.他判断距离很正确。

My house is four miles distance from the sea.我家离海四英里。

We can see a windmill in the distance.我们可以望见远处有架风车。

A lighthouse was winking in the far distance.一座灯塔正在远处闪烁。

Walk on a short distance and there you are.再往前走不了多远,你就到了。

It takes strength and attention to drive a truck long distances.跑长途的汽车司机需要付出劳力,思想也要高度集中。

This is the point, from which all distances are measured.从这一点开始来测量各方面的距离。

Our destination is still some distance away .我们的目的地离这里还有一段路程。

及物动词例句：

A more appropriate stance would be for the leader to distance itself from the com-petitors.作为，一个较正确的姿态是在自己和对手之间，拉开距离 。

Interestingly, there are several reasons why it is so important to distance oneself from the rest.有趣的是,一定要拉开和其他人的距离,背后有很多原因。