social distancing
noun [ U ] uk/ˌsəʊ.ʃəl ˈdɪs.təns.ɪŋ/ us/ˌsoʊ.ʃəl ˈdɪs.təns.ɪŋ/
保持社交距离
the practice of keeping away from other people as much as possible, or of keeping a certain distance from other people, in order to stop a disease from spreading to a lot of people
To slow the transmission, social distancing might be useful. 为了减缓传播速度，保持社交距离可能有用。
The cities that instigated early social distancing measures did better. 那些启动保持社交距离措施较早的城市情况更好。
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- WHO has drawn up a list of 140 possible interventions, such as social distancing, entry screening, and exit screening.
- The number of cases could be reduced until a vaccine were available, if we were able to achieve this amount of social distancing.
- The various measures of social distancing - reducing use of mass transit, closing schools, canceling public gatherings and isolating the sick - were examples of measures that in combination can reduce risk.