distant 是形容词, distance 是名词
distant::
Separate or apart in space.
远离的在空间上分离或分开的
Far removed; remote:
远离的;远方的:
distant lands.
遥远的国度
Coming from or going to a distance:
从远处来的,往远处去的:
a distant sound; a distant telephone call.
远处传来的声音;长途电话
Far removed or apart in time:
遥远的(时间)远隔的,久远的:
the distant past; distant events.
久远的过去;久远的往事
Far apart in relationship:
关系很远的,远方的:
a distant cousin.
远房堂兄弟
Minimally similar:
略同的相似程度很小的:
a distant likeness.
长相略同
Far removed mentally:
精神有差距的:
distant thoughts.
思想有差距的
Aloof or chilly:
冷淡的,不友好的;疏远的:
a distant smile.
冷淡的微笑
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distance::
The extent of space between two objects or places; an intervening space.
距离,间距两物体或两地方之间的空间距离;一段空间
The fact or condition of being apart in space; remoteness.
远离,远隔在空间中被分隔的事实或状态;远离
Mathematics
【数学】
The length or numerical value of a straight line or curve.
间距直线或曲线的长度或数值
The extent of space between points on a measured course.
路程在被测定路线上两点间延伸的距离
The length of a race, especially of a horserace.
赛跑的长度,尤指赛马的
A point or an area that is far away:
远处,远方远处的一点或一个地区:
Telephone poles stretched way into a distance I couldn't quite see(Leigh Allison Wilson)
“电话杆一直延伸很远,我几乎都看不清楚了”(利·阿利森·威尔逊)
A depiction of a point or an area that is far away.
描述(远方之物)对远方的某一点或某一地区的描绘
A stretch of space without designation of limit; an expanse:
宽阔的区域一片没有指定界限的空间:广阔:
a land of few hills and great distances.
只有少数山丘的广阔区域
The extent of time between two events; an intervening period.
时间间隔两件事发生时间的间隔,一段间隔
A point removed in time:
时间相隔长远的时刻:
At a distance of 11 years, the details of the crime were clouded in his mind.
时隔十一年后,犯罪的细节在他的脑海里已变得模糊
The period or length of a contest:
竞赛期间比赛的时间段或长度:
The challenger had never attempted the distance of 12 rounds.
挑战者从未试图跑十二圈
An amount of progress:
进展程度:
The curriculum committee is a distance from where it was two months ago.
课程设计委员会的工作,两个月来取得很大进展
Difference or disagreement:
分歧,不和,不同意:
The candidates could not be at a greater distance on this issue.
在这个问题上,候选人之间分歧很大
Chillness of manner; aloofness.
冷淡;不友好
Her father adviced her to keep her distance from that fellow 。
keep one's distance from sb 疏远某人;和某人保持距离。
distance是名词,distant是形容词,根据词性也应该选distance。
形容词和名词的区别