These lines,or circles,are parallel -- meaning that they are equally distant from each other at any point around the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

And yet,for all that,feels removed,distant, alienated from the others,feels lonely even in the crowd.

但还是感觉非常疏远，有距离感，感到和他人疏远，在人群中都觉得孤单。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And there's,as far as I can see, no reason at all to believe that he was feeling lonely, feeling distant,feeling alienated from the people who were keeping him company.

在我看来，完全没有理由觉得他感到孤独，感到距离感，感到被陪伴着他的人们疏远。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"But,unfortunately, many have been driven from those lands and they have been dispersed throughout the country, sometimes in distant urban centers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

You're looking at it and feels like someone's over your shoulder talking in your ear, as opposed to someone at the blackboard, that's distant from you."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26