Action at a distance
[化] 超距作用
🧩 词语组成解析
action
['ækʃən]
n. 行动，活动;功能，作用;手段;[法]诉讼;
at
[æt]
prep. （表示位置）在;在（某时间或时刻）;以，达; 向，朝;
n. 阿特（老挝辅币单位，100 阿特 = 1 基普）;
distance
['dɪstəns]
n. 距离，路程;远处;疏远;（时间的）间隔，长久;
vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
dist距离 + ance 表名词，状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
🗣️ 情景例句
I'm afraid so.
不敢当。
The thief is peeping through a keyhole.
那个小偷从钥匙孔中窥视。
Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.
历史学家迄今认为日历是随农业的问世而出现的，因为当时人们面临着了解四季的实际需要，