personal space

英 [ˌpɜːsənl ˈspeɪs]

美 [ˌpɜːrsənl ˈspeɪs]

n.  个人空间(站立或坐着时与他人保持的距离范围)

牛津词典

noun

• 个人空间（站立或坐着时与他人保持的距离范围）
  the space directly around where you are standing or sitting
  1. He leaned towards her and she stiffened at this invasion of her personal space.
     他向她俯过身去，这种侵犯她个人空间的举动让她绷紧了身子。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 个人空间
  If someone invades yourpersonal space, they stand or lean too close to you, so that you feel uncomfortable.
  1. I felt my body involuntarily stiffen against her invasion of my personal space.
     随着她不断侵入我的个人空间，我感觉全身都不由自主地紧绷起来。
• N-UNCOUNT 私人空间
  If you need yourpersonal space, you need time on your own, with the freedom to do something that you want to do or to think about something.
  1. Self-confidence means being relaxed enough to allow your lover their personal space.
     自信就是放宽心，给爱人足够的私人空间。

双语例句

• The third contained triple-bunks, which in our opinion didn't provide reasonable personal space.
  第三间宿舍包括三层床位，我们的意见是不适合提供给人居住。
• In Asia the boundary between professional and personal space is much more blurred.
  亚洲人工作和个人生活的界限模糊得多。
• It was very uncomfortable to be so close to other people with no personal space.
  和别人靠得那么近，没有任何私人空间，让我很不舒服。
• Let her have some personal space and she'll respect you more.
  让她有更多的私人空间，这样她会更尊重你。
• Our personal space extends about 12 to 18 inches around us
  我们的个人空间是周围12到18英寸的范围。
• This is the personal space of { 0}. You can use this space to create lists, document libraries to store, organize, and share information with others.
  这是{0}的个人空间。可以使用此空间创建列表和文档库以存储、组织并与其他人共享信息。
• You were the type ( of person) to value your own personal space.
  你是那种特别看重个人空间的人。
• Let people have their personal space, don't invade it.
  让别人拥有自己的空间，不要挤入别人的空间里。
• Take a step back to gain some personal space and say, Im not going to answer that question.
  回避一步以获得些个人空间，然后说，我不打算回答那个问题。
• Tell him that I need a little personal space right now.
  跟他说现在我需要私人空间。