Afield is an adverb, and in modern English you almost always meet it with far or further in front. Far afield means a long way from home, or a long way from the place you started: we don’t often travel far afield means you mostly stay near home.

Afield is an adverbAfield是一個副詞 and in modern English在現代英文裡 you almost always meet it with far or further in front你幾乎都會看到它前面加上far或further Far afield means a long way from homeFar afield的意思是離家很遠 or a long way from the place you started或離你出發的地方很遠 we don't often travel far afieldwe don't often travel far afield（我們不常跑到很遠的地方） means you mostly stay near home意思是你大部分時候都待在家附近

Writers also stretch it. If a discussion goes far afield, it has wandered off the main question. You would not usually say afield by itself; it sounds unfinished, like a coat with one sleeve.

Writers also stretch it作家也會把它的用法延伸出去 If a discussion goes far afield如果一場討論goes far afield（扯得很遠） it has wandered off the main question表示它已經偏離了主要的問題 You would not usually say afield by itself你通常不會單獨說afield it sounds unfinished那聽起來像沒說完 like a coat with one sleeve就像一件只有一隻袖子的外套

Though actually, the oldest sense is quite literal. In Old English it was on felde, “in the field” — out of the house and onto the land. The “far from home” meaning grew from that picture of leaving the yard.

Though actually不過，其實 the oldest sense is quite literal最古老的意思相當字面 In Old English it was on felde在古英文裡它是on felde "in the field"意思是「在田野裡」 out of the house and onto the land──從屋子裡出來，走到土地上 The "far from home" meaning「離家很遠」的意思 grew from that picture of leaving the yard就是從那幅離開庭院的畫面發展出來的

It is a quiet, slightly bookish word. In speech people often just say far away or a long way off. It is not a farming word today, even though field is still sitting inside it.

It is a quiet, slightly bookish word這是一個低調、有點書卷氣的字 In speech people often just say far away or a long way off在口語裡，人們通常就直接說far away或a long way off It is not a farming word today這個字現在已經不是農業用語了 even though field is still sitting inside it儘管field還藏在它裡面