afar 英 [əˈfɑ:(r)]   美 [əˈfɑr]

afar

afar  英 [əˈfɑ:(r)] 美 [əˈfɑr]

adv. 遥远地;在远处 

名词复数:afars 

The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea. 海燕从海上遥远的地方振翅飞来。
We watched them from afar, and admired them only on screen and on stage. 我们远远的注视他们,只能通过荧幕或舞台钦羡他们的风采。

  • If something's off at a distance, you can describe it as being afar. You might write a letter to your pen pal in Japan, and say, "This note comes to you from afar."
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  • adv. 遥远地;在远处
  • 1. The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea.

    海燕从海上遥远的地方振翅飞来。

  • 2. We watched them from afar, and admired them only on screen and on stage.

    我们远远的注视他们,只能通过荧幕或舞台钦羡他们的风采。

  • 3. In a few billion years our own Milky Way will smash into our neighbor galaxy, Andromeda, and perhaps it will look something like this to the aliens watching from afar.

    在经过数十亿年之后,我们所处的银河系将一头撞进的邻近的星系仙女座,这样的结局也许遥远的外星人会有幸见到。

  • afar (adv.) contraction of Middle English of feor (late 12c.), on ferr (c. 1300), from Old English feor "far" (see far); the a- (1) in compounds representing both of and on (which in this use meant the same thing). Spelled afer in 14c.
afar / əˈfɑː(r) ; NAmE əˈfɑːr / adverb IDIOM from aˈfar ( literary) from a long distance away 从远处 He loved her from afar (= did not tell her he loved her). 他暗恋着她。 afar / əˈfɑː(r) ; NAmE əˈfɑːr /
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