The spacecraft was too far away to be seen.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

We have "unhappy consciousness," unhappy consciousness which is the result of estrangement, or Verfremdung, and which drives us too far away from the thing that we're looking at.

我们有了苦恼意识,苦恼意识源于疏远，又使我们距离所观之物过远。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Why do I believe in certain planets too far away to be observed directly through a telescope?

我为什么会相信在望远镜正常观测范围外的,遥远之处存在行星

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"That was reassuring, but it also meant that if you were unidentified you had potential friendly fire not too far away at a moment's notice."

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

In other words, if you look too closely at a picture or if you stand too far away from it you don't see it clearly it's out of focus but if you achieve just the right distance from it, it comes into focus.

换句话说，如果你站得离一幅图画太近,或太远都无法看清它,它在焦距之外,但是如果你站在合适的位置上，焦距就对准了，画就清晰了。

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Defense analyst Michael O'Hanlon is with the Brookings Institution in Washington: "You had friends and enemies everywhere on the battlefield, and so that,for the most part, meant that if you got into trouble as a westerner you had potential help not too far away."

VOA: standard.2010.04.06