1.When BarCap put out a note in mid-January on what $120 oil would mean for Asia's emerging economies, it seemed like a distant prospect.
巴克莱资本（BarCap）在1月中旬发表研究报告，分析每桶120美元的油价对亚洲新兴经济体将意味着什么。当时，那似乎还是一种遥远的前景。
2.Suddenly, polar melting was no longer a distant prospect.
突然之间，北极冰层融化已不再是一件遥远的事情。
3.This will remain a distant prospect as long as Latin America is pided and Europe is preoccupied with its own woes.
如果拉美继续保持分裂，而欧洲仍然被其自身的问题所困扰，这一同盟的建立就依旧遥遥无期。
4.In the meantime, the long-term goal of building strategic reserves appears a more distant prospect.
与此同时，建立原油战略储备的长期目标看似更加遥远。
5.Alternatively, "unlimited" intervention could eventually provoke inflation, although that still looks a distant prospect.
“无限量”干预将最终引起通胀，尽管看起来还只是遥远的预期。
6.Despite growing interest in their troubles, that seems a distant prospect for those languishing on the edge of the working world.
尽管对失业问题的关注逐渐增加，但对那些在劳动力市场饱受煎熬的失业者来说，似乎重返就业的希望还很遥远。
7.But a truly sustainable recovery remains a distant prospect.
但是，真正可持续的复苏仍遥遥无期。
8.Alas, creating employment in the poor north is a distant prospect.
可惜在贫穷的北部创造就业机会是很遥远的前景。
9.That, thankfully, is still a distant prospect.
谢天谢地，那还是一个远景。
10.A break-up of Rio might be China's preferred scenario, but that is a distant prospect.
中国可能更愿意看到力拓被分拆，但这希望渺茫。