Question

英语问题，短语辨析

at a distance
at a distance of
from a distance
in the dis tance
有什么区别
怎么用？
请举以下例子 xiexie

Answer 1

at a distance
隔开一些，有相当距离，不很近
以上来源于：《21世纪大英汉词典》
A young girl with wild hair and wide eyes followed us at a distance.
一个年轻的女孩，头发散乱，眼睛睁得大大的，在远处跟着我们。
Yet, in light of her findings, she advises users to keep cellphones at a distance by putting them on speaker mode or using a wired headset whenever possible.
但是，根据她的发现，她建议手机用户尽可能使用麦克风或者其它耳麦配件，尽量在通话时与手机保持一定距离。

be at a distance of 相距
The subjects followed the runner at a distance of 30 feet and had to count thenumber of times he touched his head. 受试人员与逃犯有30英尺的距离，而且需要计算他碰触了多少次他的脑袋。
It will be 2028 before another asteroid comes so close to Earth, when the asteroid2001 WN5 passes at a distance of about 143, 000 miles. 下一次小行星如此接近地球将是在2028年，届时小行星2001 WN5将在距离地球约143,000 英里远的地方经过。

from a distance 从远处
Perhaps this was once a reasonable assumption, but advances in digital imagingand optics have made it easy to duplicate someone's keys from a distance withoutthem even noticing.
或许这种假设在以前成立，但是数码拍照和光学技术在不断进步，从远处就可以轻而易举地复制你的钥匙，你甚至都不会察觉。

in the distance 在远处
From Bugues, you could see her head rising in the distance, above the hedge ofmedlar trees that separated our land from that of her children.
从比格，你可以看到她的头在远处欧楂果树的篱笆墙上露出来，篱笆墙把我们的土地跟她子女家的隔离开来。

Answer 2

at a distance 在远处，有一些距离
A young girl with wild hair and wide eyes followed us at a distance.
一个年轻的女孩，头发散乱，眼睛睁得大大的，在远处跟着我们。

at a distance of 相隔
It can be heard at a distance of several miles
这种叫声几英里外就能听到

from a distance 从远处，隔开一段距离
My brother and I watched that garden with longing, from a distance.
我哥哥和我从远处带着渴望的心情注视着那座花园。

in the distance 在远处，在远方
In the distance what do you hear?
听到远方有什么声音传来

我建议你翻一下牛津字典
我用的是第六版的，在494页
如果你看中文意思，看不出什么名堂来
那就看英文的解释

Answer 3

at a distance 隔一段距离 距离遥远 at such a distance
at a distance of 相距多远
The subjects followed the runner at a distance of 30 feet and had to count the number of times he touched his head.
受试人员与逃犯有30英尺的距离，而且需要计算他碰触了多少次他的脑袋。
from a distance 从远处
in the dis tance 在远处