在遥远的过去／将来
far away in the past or future
At some point in the distant future I would like to have my own house. 将来我要拥有自己的房子。
The story is set in the distant future.
The fact is that when it comes to climate breakdown, we're not talking about a time in the distant future.
This is how stars may have looked in the distant past.
This all happened in the distant past, towards the end of the last glacial period.
See also: distant (NOT CLOSE)