| 词汇 | dim-and-distant |
| 释义 | dim and distantidiom mainly UK from the past and not clearly remembered: （过去的事）遥远模糊的 The times of huge profits are now a dim and distant memory.巨额利润的时代已经是遥远模糊的过去了。 In the past ago any moreidiom anymore back in the dayidiom back thenidiom clock departed dim flood mist moon more no longeridiom non-current rewind the clockidiom sometime step step back (in time)idiom the mists of timeidiom the status quo ante Examples of dim and distantdim and distant Instead, descriptions of friction with the king, civil disobedience or electoral disputes were relegated to the dimanddistant past. Examples include bag and baggage, bits and pieces, leaps and bounds, odds and ends, over and done with, safe and sound and the dimanddistant past. Only then will we be able to rescue from silence the sounds of dimanddistant pasts and to evoke remote urban soundscapes for modern ears. In the dimanddistant past it was considered virtuous to daub sheep with tar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not anxious for a definite date in the dimanddistant future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be but a dimanddistant prospect when it is first seen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Legislation based on a hypothetical scenario of circumstances in the dimanddistant future is not good legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I sometimes have glimmerings of hope that there will be some sort of repentance in the dimanddistant future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope, however, that the £20 million is not merely a paper figure, but will be spent in the not too dimanddistant future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I earnestly hope that in some dimanddistant future his party will take his advice and see that it is carried out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was rather referring to the dimanddistant future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said it is all to be pushed into the dimanddistant days of the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am trying to remember the dimanddistant days of 1997 and 1998. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will certainly receive the money, but often, it appears, at some dimanddistant time in the far future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking not of a technology relating to the dimanddistant past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dim and distant These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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