as far as it goes

LIMITused to say that an idea, suggestion, plan etc is satisfactory, but only to a limited degree 在有限的程度上

His theories are fine, as far as they go.

他的理论大致上还算不错。

Examples from the Corpus

as far as it goes• What Kroll said was accurate, as far as it goes.• That is encouraging as far as it goes.• Virtually all of it is right as far as it goes.• We push it as far as it goes.• This self-defense strategy is fine as far as it goes, but it addresses only half of the prevention equation.• My country has adopted individual rights in principle, but as far as it goes, it means men, not women.• That's as far as it goes with me.

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单词	as far as it goes
释义	as far as it goes as far as it goes LIMITused to say that an idea, suggestion, plan etc is satisfactory, but only to a limited degree 在有限的程度上 His theories are fine, as far as they go. 他的理论大致上还算不错。 Examples from the Corpus as far as it goes• What Kroll said was accurate, as far as it goes.• That is encouraging as far as it goes.• Virtually all of it is right as far as it goes.• We push it as far as it goes.• This self-defense strategy is fine as far as it goes, but it addresses only half of the prevention equation.• My country has adopted individual rights in principle, but as far as it goes, it means men, not women.• That's as far as it goes with me. → as far as it goes at far1(14)
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