1、distance

距離;間距

the distance between the island and the nearby shore.

該島和附近陸地之間的距離

Everything is within walking distance.

不管什么地方，都是走幾步就到了。

（人際關系的）疏遠；（事物間的）差距

the emotional distance between them.

他們之間情感上的疏遠

There was a vast distance between psychological clues and concrete proof.

心理提示和確鑿證據之間相差甚遠。

遠處;遠方

We suddenly saw her in the distance.

我們突然看見她在遠處。

Mr. Dambar found himself gazing into the distance for a moment or two.

丹巴先生不知不覺朝遠方凝視了片刻。

使疏遠;對…冷淡;使不介入

The author distanced himself from some of the comments in his book.

作者使自己書中的某些評論不帶個人色彩。

Television may actually be distancing the public from the war.

電視實際上可能讓公眾遠離戰爭。

2、measure

衡量；估量;評估;判定

I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.

我繼續比照醫生辦公室里的圖表來判斷他病情的發展。

A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.

一所文法學校成功與否是以考上大學的學生人數為衡量依據的。

測量;度量;計量

Measure the length and width of the gap.

測量一下這條縫隙的長與寬。

He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.

他測出了超聲波穿過骨頭的速度。

（情形嚴重或發展到了一定程度的）體現，表現，標志

It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to.

他們幾乎全都無處可歸，看得出他們是陷入了困境。

That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.

那簡直就是銀行里糟糕局面的寫照。