英:[əˈfɑː(r)]
美:[ əˈfɑːr]
英:[əˈfɑː(r)]
美:[ əˈfɑːr]
a·far
far
Adverb
1. (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"
from afar从远处
afar off远离着,远远地离开着
"从远处,从远处来",是中古英语 of feor(12世纪晚期)和 on ferr(约1300年)的缩写,源自古英语 feor "far"(见 far); 在复合词中, a-(1)代表 of 和 on(在这种用法中意思相同)。14世纪拼写为 afer。
Adverb Middle English afer, aferre, reduced from on fer "at a distance" and of fer "from a distance" — more at far >entry 1 Noun derivative of afar >entry 1
The first known use of afar was in the 14th century
afar1 of 2adverb
from, to, or at a great distance
afar2 of 2noun
a great distance
a voice from afar
1 Maybe the damage wasn’t as bad as it looked from afar.
2 Even from afar, I see red dirt covers their faces, nestling in the creases of their necks and under their fingernails.
3 The building makes a good figure from afar.
从远处看,这幢楼很漂亮.
4 From afar it brought to mind a bad train wreck, as if scores of ghostly white boxcars had derailed at the lip of the ice cap and tumbled down the slope willy-nilly.
5 Relishing how much I hated him from afar, for putting out his hands and ending that poor black boy's life.
6 The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea.
海燕从海上遥远的地方振翅飞来。
7 The front of the line of covered wagons went out of sight over afar hill.
8 Or just picking up our cameras and watching from afar…
还是,拿着相机驻足观望。。。
9 All her life, her crushes had been from afar; she’d never had the courage to speak to any of the boys who caught her fancy.
10 The shore was still afar.
海岸仍然相距很远.
11 Still I saw no one, not even from afar.
12 I stood afar, conscious of my worn clothes.
13 “We would be honored,” said Garikayi, breaking in on Tendai’s thoughts, “if our visitor from afar would recount something from his people.”
14 We had visitors who came from afar.
我们有客人从远方来.
15 At first I watched from afar, through my binoculars, and never tried to get close.
16 So it was not just coral trinkets and flower bulbs that this seafaring friend of Hannah’s brought from afar!
17 He would eat, watch TV, and be left to worry from afar.
18 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising , thou understandest my thought afar off.
2我坐下,我起来, 你都晓得.你从远处知道我的意念.
19 Her beauty struck fear into their hearts and they preferred to admire her from afar, not daring to approach her.
20 Uncle Cent notices something is wrong with Vincent, and so do Ma and Pa, even from afar.