| 单词 | a long way |
| 释义 | a long waya long way very much, far, or a great amount or degree 很多；很大程度 We’re still a long way from achieving our sales targets. 我们离完成销售指标还有很长的路。 Psychiatry has come a long way (=developed a lot) since the 1920s. 自20世纪20年代以来，精神病学已有很大发展。 Your contributions will go a long way towards helping children in need (=will help to reach a goal). 你的捐助对生活困难的孩子大有帮助。 by a long way/shot informal (also by a long chalk British English) (=used when something is much better, quicker, cheaper etc) 绝对，远远 It was his best performance this year, by a long way. 这是他今年最好的表现，远胜以往。 not by a long way/shot informal (also not by a long chalk British English) (=not at all or not nearly) 绝对没有，远远没有 He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot. 他没有全部告诉罗里，远远没有。 Examples from the Corpus a long way• For me, a little bit of race watching goes a long way.• Genuine smiles and statements of appreciation go a long way.• The negotiations are over, but the contract is a long way from being signed.• It's a long way from the sturdy frames the technicians normally handle.• Taken together they go a long way in explaining the birth and persistence of aesthetic modernism.• Still, they had come a long way since their managerial debut.• He believes it still has a long way to go.• That tale goes a long way toward explaining why the spineless weasels in Dogpatch have once again rejected a referendum. → a long way at long1(13) |
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