It’s a small world(saying);one is likely to meet,or hear about,sb one knows(however distantly )wherever one goes

(谚)世界可真小(无论走到哪里都可能碰到或听说到自己认识的人).

Be closely/distantly related(to sb)

(与某人)是近[远]亲

Why do you address me so coldly--so distantly ?

“你称呼我时为什么这样冷淡?”

“You’d better speak to Mr. Fitzpatrick”, said Mr. Holohan distantly

“您最好还是去找菲茨帕特里克先生吧，”霍罗汉先生矜持地说。

Emma claims to be distantly related to a noble family by marriage.

爱玛声称她是一个名门望族的远房姻亲。

She smiled distantly at us.

她朝我们淡然地微笑.

Those two people are distantly related.

那两人是远亲。

Those two ideas are distantly related.

那两种观念略有联系。

The man just smiled distantly .

那人只是淡淡地笑了笑。

Though they have the same surname, the two are not even distantly related

虽然他们姓氏相同，这两人却没有任何亲缘关系

Though they have the same surname,the two are not even distantly related)or of things through logical association

虽然他们姓氏相同，这两人却没有任何亲缘关系)或者事物通过逻辑关系联系起来

His style distantly resembles that of Wilde.

他的文风与王尔德略微有些相似.

He is distantly related to me.

他和我是远亲关系。

He arose coldly and distantly

他冷冷地、淡漠地站起身来。

He is distantly related to the family.

他与那个家族关系较远。

He is only distantly connected with the family.

他与这家人仅仅是远亲。

We’re distantly related.

我们是远亲.

I can only distantly remember all this.

我只能隐隐约约地记得这些事。

In any event she behaved distantly to him now.

现在在任何事中她都对他态度冷淡。

She smiled distantly at us.

用蒸馏法对(液体)提纯。

The breeding of distantly related or unrelated individuals,often producing a hybrid of superior quality.

远交远亲缘或非亲缘交配，常产生较高质量的混种

Distantly , to her right, she could make out the city of Shanghai.

在她的右侧,她能远远地分辨出上海这座城市。

||1:Naturally, the case for independence plays up characteristics that di?erentiate Scotland from England.||2:Among them is language, which diverges from the talk south of the border in two main ways.||3:One is Gaelic, a Celtic language impenetrable to outsiders (it is related closely to Irish and Manx but only distantly to English), which, however, is spoken only by around 50,000 people, or about 1% of Scotland’s population.||4:The bigger di?erence is Scots—though quite how di?erent it is remains a matter of debate.

||1:当然，独立的主张强调了苏格兰与英格兰的不同之处。||2:其中之一是语言，它从两方面偏离了南部边境的语言。||3:其中之一是盖尔语，这是一种外人无法理解的凯尔特语言(它与爱尔兰语和曼克斯语关系密切，但与英语关系不大)，然而，只有大约5万人(约占苏格兰人口的1%)讲这种语言。||4:更大的区别是苏格兰语——尽管有多大的不同仍然是一个有争议的问题。

||1: Other connections are more unexpected. ||2: Gwyneth Paltrow (pictured), an American actress, is linked by marriage to A.C. Swinburne, a Victorian poet who dabbled in sadomasochistic verses. ||3: David Cameron, the prime minister, is distantly connected to Harold Pinter, a dramatist who once said that voting for Margaret Thatcher in 1979 was “the most shameful act of my life”. ||4: Kevin Bacon, a famously well-connected American actor, is related to the 16th-century philosopher Francis Bacon.

||1:还有一些关系是没有想到的。||2:美国女演员格温妮丝·帕特洛（上图右），通过婚姻与涉足于虐恋诗的维多利亚时期的斯温伯恩建立关系。||3:首相卡梅隆与戏剧家哈罗德·品特是远方亲戚，哈罗德·品特曾表示1979年投票选举玛格丽特·撒切尔是他一生中感觉最羞耻的行为。||4:出生名门的凯文·贝肯与16世纪的哲学家弗兰西斯·培根有亲戚关系。

though only distantly related, share an unusual feeding habit, an unusual anatomical feature and an unusual name: panda.

虽然这两种动物是远亲，但他们都具有与众不同的饮食习性、解剖特性以及一个不寻常的名字：熊猫。

“Why do you address me so coldly--so distantly ? ” asked the young Greek.

“你称呼我时为什么这样冷淡？”那希腊美人问道。

Giardia is very distantly related to animals and fungi, and some think it resembles the very first eukaryotes.

Giardia和动物以及真菌几乎没什么历史渊源，有人认为它与最初的古真核生物很相似。

Most people knew each other casually, or even distantly , before going out together. Work has been another low-risk way to meet people;

多数人在一起约会之前，是随意甚至远程方式结识，工作是另一个结识别人的低风险方式；

A brother and sister, for example, share many more genes than distantly related cousins.

举例来说，一对兄弟或姐妹比远房堂兄弟姊妹共享的基因多。

But again, religious fare was the favourite subject, followed by sport, and only distantly by scientific subjects.

可宗教故事还是他们最爱的主题，紧接着是体育相关的内容，科学题材的书籍受到了冷遇。