in the distance 和at a distance 的區別：
1、in the distance 在遠方，直接用作狀語。
2、at a distance （of）在多遠的地方，壹般後面接距離的名詞或數詞。
in the distance的用法
1、I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.?
我聽到遠處雷聲隆隆。
2、The bus was a vague shape in the distance.?
遠處的公交車只是壹個模糊的輪廓。
3、We suddenly saw her in the distance?
我們突然看見她在遠處。
4、Somebody is calling us in the distance.?
遠處有人在呼喚我們。
5、There was a flash of light in the distance.?
遠處燈光壹閃。
at a distance
1、The only way I can cope with my mother is at a distance?
我可以和我媽媽相處的唯壹方法就是保持距離。
2、The railway station is at a distance of two miles from our school.?
火車站離我們學校兩英裏路程。
3、This law is known to hold true for galaxies at a distance of at least several billion light years.
據知，這條定律同樣適用於距離至少幾十億光年之遠的星系。
4、Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.?
傑伊壹貫和他的女朋友們保持距離。
5、The fire which lights [ warms] us at a distance will burn us when near.?
火在遠處是明燈，火在近處燒灼人。