Distance glasses (minus lenses) are routinely prescribed. These function by bringing everything closer, up within the range of clear vision.

常规配置远距眼镜（负透镜），作用是拉近各种物体到看得清晰的范围。

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Annoyed at having to constantly switch glasses whenever he wanted to read or take in the sights while traveling, Franklin had his reading glasses cut in half and fused with his distance glasses.

在旅行时恼于常常需要在阅读和欣赏风景时频繁更换眼镜，富兰克林把他的阅读用眼镜切了一半，并把它和远视眼眼镜想融合。

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Meanwhile, in our house, as the clamor of violence grew in the distance, we were busy polishing the forks and wiping clean the second-best glasses.

这时，在我们家，喧闹声步步逼近，那时我们正忙于擦亮刀叉和次等玻璃杯。

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Even office workers who don't need distance or reading glasses now may be taxing their eyes unknowingly.

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However, the RAIB also said Mr MacKay may not have seen, or had misinterpreted, the warning lights at the level crossing and appeared not to have been wearing glasses to improve his distance vision.

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Before her show, Raitt joked about her age, noting she needs two pairs of glasses -- one for distance and one for reading.

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