remove作动词是移开、清除的意思，做名词是距离差距的意思

He removed his hand from her shoulder（他把他的手从她肩膀上移开）

She can know the world only at several removes（她只能间接地认知这个世界）。

removal是一个名词，移除的意思，例如:

he had surgery for the removal of a tumour（他做了手术移除肿瘤）