敬而远之的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
respect/aux./keep a distance with/it
at a respectful distance

[解释]
表示尊敬却有所顾虑不愿接近。

[Explanation]
at a respectful distance

[例子]
如果你总是很骄傲，朋友们会对你敬而远之。

[Example]
If you are always so proud, your friends will give you a wide berth.

[英文等价词]
to give sb./sth. a wide berth

参考例句：
  • Dixon regarded her as one of his allies, though sometimes she overawed him a little with her mature air
    狄克逊把她当作自己的盟友，虽然有时她那深思熟虑的姿态使他感到有点敬而远之。
  • These pint sized frogs aren't for kissing. Their backs ooze a slimy neurotoxin that is meant to keep predators away.
    这些一品脱大小的蛙类，你可不能吻它们。它们的背上会渗出粘液状的神经毒素，让猎食者敬而远之。
  • The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between
    敬而远之
  • The students keep themselves at a respectful distance from this teacher.
    同学们对这位老师敬而远之。
  • We kept her at a respectful distance.
    我们对她敬而远之。
  • We always stand in awe of our manager.
    我们对经理总是敬而远之。
  • You'd better give a wide berth to a guy of his sort
    对他那号人,你还是敬而远之为好
  • Keep [stand] at a respectful distance from sB.
    (表示恭敬)站得离某人有一定距离，[喻]敬而远之
  • Virtue itself offends when coupled with forbidding manner. ——Thomas Middleton
    对人如果冷若冰霜，拒人千里，尽管硕德觳行，也售价敬而远之。——米德尔顿
  • Psychological factors also cause some young people to shy away from Chinese publications.
    有一部分的年轻人之所以对华文书报敬而远之，其实是不必要的心理因素。

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