in the distance

基本解释

A horn tooted in the distance.
喇叭在远处嘟嘟响着。
The sound of the car died away in the distance.
小轿车发出的噪音消逝在远处。
《新英汉大辞典》
From Bugues, you could see her head rising in the distance, above the hedge of medlar trees that separated our land from that of her children.
从比格，你可以看到她的头在远处欧楂果树的篱笆墙上露出来，篱笆墙把我们的土地跟她子女家的隔离开来。

Off in the distance you see a valley way below and lines of bluish gray mountains that seem to reach forever.
Notice that these transport costs go up in the distance you have to travel and they go up pretty fast.
注意这些交通成本,随着距离而增长并且增长得很快
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Then maybe and then maybe some kind of melody will come in and then it'll all come together right in front of you and it'll kind of disappear in the distance.
然后可能,可能会出现些旋律,然后它们一起出现在你面前,并一起消失在远方
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The pyre is already being prepared, and they can see it smoldering in the distance.
NPR: Improbable Beauty: Verdi's 'Il Trovatore'