Some gifts communicate distance, others intimacy.

有些礼物传递出距离感，有些礼物传达出亲密感。

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This happens fairly frequently in long-distance relationships, especially in military ones, and it erodes a fundamental part of intimacy—people stop feeling like they're connected.

这种情况在异地恋中很常见，尤其是在军人之中，它侵蚀了亲密接触中的基础部分——人们开始感觉不到他们是心心相系的了。

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I watched her spread peanut butter on bread, which the man folded into plastic bags, the intimacy between them palpable even from a distance.

我看见那位太太把花生黄油涂抹在面包上，丈夫再把面包放进塑料袋里，即使离他们的房子还有一段距离都能感受到他们之间的亲密。

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