Early universities in the West once had the tradition of keeping distance with the society in order to maintain its freedom for teaching and academic research.

早期的西方大学曾经具有与社会保持一定距离，以维护其学术研究和教学自由的历史传统。

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In concrete, when coming to educational practice, educational researchers should keep a reasonable tension between the consciousness of "getting involved" and "keeping distance";

教育学者在面对教育实践时，必须在“介入意识”与“距离意识”之间保持合理的张力；

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So it seems that because technology makes it easier to stay in touch while keeping distance, more and more people find themselves feeling distant and never touching.

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Staying close but keeping his distance, he followed the girl from one display case to another.

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But most Republicans are keeping their distance, and his book is selling very slowly.

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