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单词 socially distance
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socially distancev.

Brit. /ˌsəʊʃl̩ɪ ˈdɪst(ə)ns/, /ˌsəʊʃəlɪ ˈdɪst(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌsoʊʃəli ˈdɪst(ə)ns/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: socially adv., distance v.
Etymology: < socially adv. + distance v. Compare earlier socially distanced adj.
1. transitive (reflexive). To avoid social interaction with, or behave in an emotionally remote or detached way towards, another person or group. Usually with from. Cf. social distancing n. 1.
ΚΠ
1980 W. M. King Etiology of Homosexuality (Ed.D. thesis, Indiana Univ.) i. 2 The subjects were most intolerant of, and most wanted to socially distance themselves from the homosexual.
2013 T. D. Joseph in P. Kretsedemas et al. Migrant Marginality xvi. 277 Brazilian immigrants..felt superior to and socially distanced themselves from other Latin American immigrants.
2. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. To keep a certain physical distance from, or limit physical contact with, another person or people in order to avoid catching or transmitting an infectious disease, or as one of a number of public health measures designed to inhibit its spread. Cf social distance v., social distancing n. 2.
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2006 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 26 Apr. With mumps, we asked people to voluntarily isolate themselves, to socially distance themselves.
2008 Hearings Comm. Armed Services, U.S. Senate on S. 3001: Pt. 6: Personnel (110th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 81 Our ability to ‘socially distance’ while in the Pentagon, a key strategy for pandemic influenza avoidance.
2020 Taranaki (N.Z.) Daily News (Nexis) 10 Sept. 21 We're staying at a regular hotel on our own floor so we'll have a team room where we can socially distance.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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