Afar
[ə'fɑː]
解释:
(adv.) (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far; 'we traveled afar'; 'we could see the ship afar off'; 'the Magi came from afar'.
尤妮斯录入--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
埃弗雷特编辑
同义词及近义词：
ad. Far off, long way off, afar off, wide away, a great way off, at a distance, to or from a distance.
手打:雷切尔
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Abroad, away, aloof
ANT:Near, at_home, close
校对:利昂
解释:
adv. from a far distance (usually preceded by from): to a distance (usually followed by off).
康斯坦丁校对
例句:
- The body is brought and the pyre fired, and then for ten days the warriors built a mighty mound to be seen afar by the traveller on sea or land. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Quiet Woman Inn was visible on the low margin of the heath in one direction, and afar on the other hand rose Mistover Knap. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- A walk was in itself a new enjoyment to him, and one that had rarely diversified his life afar off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Miss Kate decided that she was 'odd', but rather clever, and smiled upon her from afar. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- And between them and the white-haired man afar off, was the one small link, that they had once looked in at him through the chinks in the wall. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Sunlight, wind, stream, commerce, political relations come from afar and lead the thoughts afar. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Our deeds still travel with us from afar, And what we have been makes us what we are. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Divers young ladies watched them afar off, but ventured not nigh. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- They spoke to me from afar off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- For, there was something coming in the echoes, something light, afar off, and scarcely audible yet, that stirred her heart too much. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- But the first boy seems to me a mighty creature, dwelling afar off, whose giddy height is unattainable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I fear that will never be, she said, looking afar with her beautiful stormy eyes. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- A great many men, when they smell battle afar off, chafe to get into the fray. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Jo went prepared to bow down and adore the mighty ones whom she had worshiped with youthful enthusiasm afar off. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
录入:萨姆纳