为什么within a stone's throw of a railway station用of


One day he saw an advertisement for a suitable house in Hampshire
which was claimed to be within a stone's throw of a railway station
from which there were frequent trains to London.

为什么within a stone's throw of a railway station中使用了of?

词典上within a stone's throw of 50 meters, 这可以理解。但是把a railway station代替了 50 meters, 如何理解,解释呢?应该用within a stone's throw to a railway station吗?


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最佳答案 2019-09-03 16:27


葛传椝先生《英语惯用法词典》

下面四句都作“他住得离邮局很近”解: 

He lives a stone's throw from the post-office. 

He lives within a stone's throw of the post-office. 

He lives not a stone's throw from the post-office. 

He lives within not a stone's throw of the post-office. 

下面几点该注意: 

(1)把 throw 改作 cast 也可以,但不很普通。 

(2)a stone's throw 直译作“一块石头所投得到的距离”解,就是“很短的距离”。 

(3)这语的前面加上了 not 作“不满一块石头所投得到的距离”解,也是“很短的距离”的意思,但不很普通。 

(4)a stone's throw 里的's 偶尔被省去。 

(5)It is not exactly a stone's throw from here 直译作“这个离开这里并不正是一块石头所投得到距离”,实际说“这个离开这里很远”。


顺便问一下,网友说“词典上within a stone's throw of 50 meters”,

请问网友,within a stone's throw of 50 meters在哪个词典什么词条出现的?能否透露一下? 




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曹荣禄  
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within a stone's throw of 50 meters 这里of表示同位关系:a stone's throw = 50 meters

within a stone's throw of a railway station 这里of=from  此of非彼of。

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