The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance.

我应付我妈妈的惟一方法就是与她保持距离。

The fire which lights [warms] us at a distance will burn us when near.

火在远处是明灯， 火在近处烧灼人。

She had loved him at a distance for years.

她曾经暗恋了他好多年。

Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.

杰伊一直倾向于同他的女朋友们保持一定的距离。

This law is known to hold true for galaxies at a distance of at least several billion light years.

这个定律被普遍认为同样适用于至少数十亿光年之远的星系。