As a result, planes were kept in a holding pattern, sometimes three or four miles apart, until they were cleared to land.

结果，飞机均被保持在等待航线状态，有时相隔三四英里，直至它们得到降落指示。

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Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.

雷和姊妹勒妮住得彼此仅隔25英里。

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Their concept of a performance and our concept were miles apart.

他们对一场表演的概念和我们的概念相去甚远。

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If the referenced cities, the first cities, are 4,200 miles apart, the answers for the next two will center around 4,200 miles.

如果先前提到的城市，前面的两座城市，相距4200英里，那么人们对于后两座城市距离的回答,便会集中在4200英里附近。

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If the referenced cities were 2,500 miles apart, they'll center about that.

如果先前的两座城市相距2500英里，那么答案也会集中在2500英里左右。

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So, two random cities, XYZ and ABC, are 4,200 miles apart.

比如两个随机的城市XYZ和ABC相距4200英里。

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But it should underscore how frequently media reporting and economic reality are often miles apart.

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Chinese domestic phone firms are thousand miles apart from Apple in terms of technology.

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Now, keep in mind, this is not a situation where the two parties are miles apart.

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