"keep your distance" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 保持距离

Definition

为了安全、尊重或个人舒适，保持与某人或某事的物理距离。也可以指避免在情感或社交上过度接近。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于强调个人空间或安全（如疾病期间），也可以指心理上的界限。既可以字面上理解，也可以比喻使用。语气中性或稍正式。

Examples

Please keep your distance from the animals at the zoo.

请**保持距离**，不要靠近动物。

During the pandemic, everyone was asked to keep your distance.

疫情期间，大家都被要求**保持距离**。

It's important to keep your distance from strangers at night.

晚上与陌生人**保持距离**很重要。

If things get heated, just keep your distance and let them cool off.

如果情况变得紧张，就**保持距离**，让他们冷静下来。

Sometimes it's healthier to keep your distance from certain people.

有时候，与某些人**保持距离**更健康。

He was acting strange, so I decided to keep my distance just in case.

他举止怪异，所以我决定**保持距离**，以防万一。