今天晚上我从我们共同的一个相识那里知道，在距离餐厅两个街区的地方他遭遇了致命的车祸。

I found out this evening from a mutual friend that he was in a fatal car accident on his lunch break two blocks away from the diner.

youdao

如果弗雷德向北走两个街区，然后向东走三个街区，接着向南走两个街区，他现在离起点有两个街区的距离。

Fred will be four blocks from his starting place if he travels two blocks north, then three blocks east, and then two blocks south.

youdao

由于在曼哈顿中我们不能“抄近路穿过”城市街区，因而在两个目标间的步行距离不是直线距离，这就是曼哈顿距离。

Since you can't "cut across" city blocks in Manhattan, the distance you have to walk between two destinations is not the straight-line distance, it's the Manhattan distance.

youdao

If you head up around, like Clement, near like Arguello, like just a couple blocks south of the Presidio,

要是直走，就是克莱门街，挨着阿圭罗街，距离普雷西迪奥两个街区的距离，

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