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from afar
collocation
from a great distance:
People came from afar to see the show.人们从很远的地方赶来观看表演。
As someone who is observing from afar the state of my country's economy, I find the demands for a short-term fix perplexing.
without going close to, or getting closely involved with, someone or something:
She was the girl he'd admired from afar at college.
He kept a fatherly watch from afar - he never offered unwanted advice and was always encouraging.
Watching from afar, you have to admire the way he has handled things.
The children are wearing socks that, at least from afar, appear to match.
Whenever he sees me, he waves from afar.
Finally, after admiring her from afar, I went up to her and told her how wonderful I thought she was.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Distant in space and time
(in) the middle of nowhereidiom
afar
afield
all/the four corners of the world/earthidiom
anywhere
as far as the eye can/could seeidiom
distance
eye
farthest
further
furthermost
light years awayidiom
lonely
middle
remote
remotely
remoteness
ultra
ultra-distant
wide
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from afar | American Dictionary
from afar
idiom
from or at a great distance:
He watched the proceedings from afar.
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