1. Voices came from afar.; Voices were heard in the distance.
远处传来人声。
《新英汉大辞典》
2. "Oh, grandfather," she cried from afar, "won't you come with us to the pasture tomorrow?"
“噢，爷爷，”她从远处叫道，“你明天不和我们一起去牧场吗？”
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3. The children, however, saw from afar that the three servants were coming, and the cook waddling after them.
然而，孩子们远远地看见三个仆人来了，厨子步履蹒跚地跟在他们后面。
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4. Seen from afar, its towering buildings beckon the visitor in.
远远望去，它的高耸建筑就像在召唤游客。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5. Scientists have dated sharp-edged flakes of stone found in the fine-grained sediments of a dry riverbed in the Afar region of Ethiopia to between 2.52 and 2.60 million years ago.
