But the materials of which he spoke were invariably so rare or distant that one could hardly hope to get hold of them without the help of Sindbad the sailor.

但是他所提到的那些材料一概地非常稀奇少有，并且来自远方，若没有水手辛巴德的帮助，是几乎没有希望得到的。

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Viruses, close enemies or distant cousins?

病毒，远亲还是近敌？

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This was the first time I experienced the Olympic spirit. It was not intangible or distant as I had once thought.

那是我第一次体验奥运精神，并不是我以前想的那么不可触知，那么遥远的。

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

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Maybe someday the British--United Kingdom-- something will happen to it, it will fall apart or change, but that is so distant in the future that we can disregard that, so we'll take that as forever.

或许有人会说英国,大英帝国,总会有突发事件发生,政权会发生改变,但至少现阶段不会改变,我们可以忽视它,因此我们就认为它是永久存在的了

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So, these rulers have a coercive ability in creating, and I'll come back to this, large standing armies that will be arriving not immediately, they're not arriving by train or being helicoptered in at some distant command, but they will get there if there's trouble.

这些统治者们以铁腕构建极权,稍后我会谈到这一点,一只大规模的军队,在当时很难进行远程调度,因为他们没法坐火车或者搭直升机立刻赶到,但他们最终会到达事发处

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There's virtually no percussion to speak of, except for the occasional frame drum or distant bells.

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Unless you make a concerted effort, it can be easy to be perceived as insulated or distant.

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