They are a good way to cut air travel and carbon emissions, particularly where, as in China, they connect dense but distant population clusters.

高铁是减少航空旅行和碳排放的好途径，尤其在象中国这样的地方，它们连接了人口密集但偏远的地区。

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I remember clearly when it is at this time, but I just looked at him from far, so distant, looking like a close, but distant horizon feeling.

清晰的记得那时正是这个时节，而我只是远远的看着他，那样遥不可及，看着像是近在咫尺，却远在天涯的感觉。

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Face level with the handlebars, Harry could see nothing but distant lights growing nearer and nearer: he was going to crash and there was nothing he could do about it.

哈利的脸与把手平行，只能看见远处的灯光越来越近。他肯定要摔死了，可他除了坐以待毙之外没有别的办法。

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"I am not against him talking to Chavez,". "But I think he ought to talk to Chavez in a cold and distant way because Chavez openly, constantly attacks the United States."

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

So that's how distant I am from all of this but let's listen to a little of this.

这就是我和流行音乐的距离,但我们还是来听一下

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Not just to enliven these abstract and distant books but to make clear, to bring out what's at stake in our everyday lives, including our political lives, for philosophy.

不仅是为了将这些深奥抽象的著作形象化,还为了让我们通过哲学辨明,日常生活，包括政治生活中什么才是最关键的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Unfortunately, amidst the confused priorities of this administration, such bold initiatives remain but distant possibilities.

FORBES: New Geographer

He apologized for it, as one might for a mad but distant relative.

NEWYORKER: Hand on the Shoulder

They tend to view him as someone at home in academic and political debate but distant from the business world.

WSJ: Change in Tone Depends on Obama