1.distant的基本含义是“远离的”,常可引申表示“疏远的”“冷淡的”。
2.distant既可指空间,也可指时间,有时可跟测量单位连用。作定语时,有“在远处的”的意思,也有“来自远处的”的意思。
3.distant表示“从某地到某地很远”时常与介词from连用,当表示“与〔对〕…疏远”时常与介词with或toward连用。

dim and distant
很久以前 long past
Once, in the dim and distant past,I was a student here.我在很久以前曾在这儿读过书。

用作定语
▲～+n.
 That is a distant country.那是一个遥远的国度。
We hope to go there in the not-too-distant future.我们希望在不久的将来去那儿一趟。
It happened in the distant past.此事发生在遥远的过去。
We like to hear about distant countries.我们喜欢了解遥远国家的情况。
You can see the distant leaves at the top of the old tree.你可以看见这棵老树顶上稀疏的树叶。
There is a distant resemblance between the two cousins.这两个堂兄弟略微有些相似。
She is a distant cousin.她是我的远房表妹。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
 The airport is ten miles distant.机场离此地有十英里远。
Her manner was rather distant.她的态度相当冷淡。
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
 The moon is distant from the earth.月球离地球甚远。
My house is only a mile distant from the zoo.我家离动物园只有一英里。
The village is rather distant from here.小村离这里还相当远。
He remained distant from the people he worked with.他对同事们始终敬而远之。
She was distant towards her father.她对她父亲很冷淡。
He is a trouble maker.You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。

distant, far, remote
参见far条。

［同义词］   apart, cold, cool, dispersed, faint, far, faraway, formal, remote, separate, unfriendly
［反义词］   close, near, cordial, friendly, warm
［词源］  见distance条。