afar
gb/əfˈɑɹ/ us/əfˈɑɹ/
B2
英語
~ 25700
messziről, távolról
B2
LITERARY
1
用法パターン：
[someone] [verb] from afar
The mountains looked blue and hazy from afar.
A hegyek messziről kéknek és ködösnek tűntek.
Fans watched from afar as the band arrived at the venue.
A rajongók messziről figyelték, ahogy a zenekar megérkezett a helyszínre.
She admired him from afar, never speaking to him directly.
From afar, the city lights formed a bright line on the horizon.
The village seemed peaceful when viewed from afar.
学習者向け例文
We could see the city from afar.
Messziről láttuk a várost.
They watched the game from afar.
Messziről nézték a meccset.
She loved him from afar for many years.
The castle was beautiful when seen from afar.
From afar, the cars looked very small.
よくある間違い：
Learners sometimes use *afar* by itself like an adjective (e.g., "an afar city"). In modern English, *afar* is almost always used as an adverb in the phrase "from afar" (e.g., "The city was beautiful from afar"), while *far* or *far away* are used in most other cases (e.g., "a far city", "a city far away").
意味
at or from a great distance
コロケーション
from afar
|seen from afar
|watch from afar
|admire from afar
|viewed from afar
類義語
far away (More common and neutral in everyday speech; can be used more freely, not mainly in a fixed phrase.)
対義語
nearby (Describes something that is close, the opposite of being far away.)
テーマ
travel
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|descriptions
|space
|time
|core_vocabulary
定義
At or from a place that is very far away, often used in the phrase "from afar".
At or from a great distance in space, time, or emotional closeness, often used in the fixed phrase "from afar".
文法
辞書形
afar
IPA
GB/əfˈɑɹ/
US/əfˈɑɹ/
音節・強勢
afar （1音節）
活用形
Noun
- Base: afar
- Plural: afar
関連語
表現
from afar
1/fɹˈʌm əfˈɑɹ/
fixed phrase
from a great distance
From a place that is very far away, either in space or in time.
例文
- We could hear the music from afar as we walked toward the festival.
- She had followed his work from afar for years before finally meeting him.
- From afar, the lake looked like a sheet of glass.