271 far away,far away from,far from,from far和faraway
① far away是两个词,为副词短语,可以用作状语、表语或介词宾语,还可以放在名词后作定语。
She lives far away. 她住的地方很远。
Those stars are too far away for us to see. 那些星星离得太远,我们看不见。
They came from far away. 他们来自远方。
She worked in a small town far away. 她在远方一个小城里工作。
② far away from表示“离某地很远”,用作表语或状语,from后必须加地点名词或here,there等。
He lives far away from the school.
他住得离学校很远。
He lives far away school.
He lives far away from.
③ far from表示“离某地远”,通常用作表语,这时,from后必须加地点名词或here,there等。
The hill is far from the city. 小山离城市很远。(相当于far away from)
④ far from还可表示“一点也不,远未,绝非”,后接动名词、代词、形容词或名词。
He is far from being an honest man. 他绝不是一个诚实的人。
Tom is far from prudent. 汤姆一点也不小心。
What you told me is far from the truth. 你告诉我的远非事实。
A:The dress is fashionable,isn't it?这衣服很时尚,是不是?
B:Fashionable!Oh,no!far from it. 时尚!啊,不!一点也谈不上。
⑤ 距离 + away表示“在多少里或公里之外”。
The factory is 30 miles away. 那座工厂在30英里外。
⑥ 距离 + (away)from + 地点名词或here,there等,表示“离某地有多远”。
The city is about 200 kilometers (away)from here. 那座城市离这里大约200公里。
⑦ 距离 + by train/by bus/by ship/by plane表示“乘火车/乘汽车/乘船/乘飞机去某地有多远”。
Hangzhou is about 300 kilometers by bus from Nanjing. 从南京乘汽车去杭州大约300公里。
⑧ 时间名词所有格 + walk/ride表示“步行/骑车/乘车要多少时间”。
The post office is about fifteen minutes' walk (from here). (从这里)步行去邮局大约15分钟。
(从这里)去扬州需要两个小时左右。
Yangzhou is about two hours ride(from here).
Yangzhou is about two hours' ride (from here).
⑨ from far是介词短语,意为“自远方,来自远方”,在句中作状语。
The old man came from far. 那位老人来自远方。
⑩ faraway是形容词,表示“遥远的”,只作前置定语。
These birds fly to the lake from faraway places. 这些鸟是从远方飞到湖上来的。