Keep sb at a distance
与某人保持距离,对某人敬而远之
🧩 词语组成解析
keep
[kip]
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. （食品）保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持，保养;供养，抚养;生活，生计;饲料；牧草;
[计] 栈底, 标准二进制, 减, 备用设备\\n[医] 锑(51号元素)
at
[æt]
prep. （表示位置）在;在（某时间或时刻）;以，达; 向，朝;
n. 阿特（老挝辅币单位，100 阿特 = 1 基普）;
distance
['dɪstəns]
n. 距离，路程;远处;疏远;（时间的）间隔，长久;
vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
dist距离 + ance 表名词，状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
🗣️ 情景例句
Well, I have an appointment now, I'll have to go.
嗯，我还有一个约会，我得走了。
Two blacks do not make a white.
两个乌黑不等于一个清白。
This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the'happy few' during the past centuries.
这说明，经过了多么漫长的时间之后，我们才认识到，有必要确保我们的孩子享有多少个世纪以来由‘少数幸运者’所积累起来的知识。