核心畫面

Picture yourself standing still and looking out. Something is so far out there that it has lost its detail: a coastline is just a line, an island is just a shape. You can see it, but you cannot reach it from where you stand. Far-off can be thought of as that view, and English lets you point it at a place or at a time.

可以想成你站著不動,往遠處看。有個東西遠到細節都不見了:海岸只剩一條線,島只剩一個形狀。看得到,但從你站的地方過不去更多收起可以想成你站著不動,往遠處看。有個東西遠到細節都不見了:海岸只剩一條線,島只剩一個形狀。看得到,但從你站的地方過不去。far-off 可以想成這個畫面。英文會把這個看法用在地方上,也用在日子上。

Two branches

地方上的遠

最直接的一支:遠的是一個真的地方,你站在這頭,它在那頭。

adjective · B1

A long way away from the place where you are, used about lands, countries, places and things you can only just see or reach.

遙遠的

日子上的遠

同樣站著往外看,只是看出去的方向從地面換成時間。英文常把時間想成一條可以望過去的路,所以一段日子也可以「很遠」。這是一種理解上的連結,不是在講哪個意思在歷史上先出現。

adjective · B2

Belonging to a time long ago, and feeling a long way back from now.

久遠的