a long way off
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英
- na.离得很远
- 网络在远处；离得远；还有好长一段距离
英汉解释
例句
This does seem to imply that Prime Minister John Major's vision of Britain as a classless society is still a long way off.
这似乎在暗示，首相梅杰的远景目标，而英国是一个没有阶级的社会仍有很长的路要走。
Almost in Juan Dahlmann's face he shouted insults, as if he had been a long way off.
他和胡安·达尔曼相隔只有一步的距离，但他高声叫骂，仿佛隔得老远似的。
not a few inches away where the back of the wardrobe ought to have been, but a long way off.
本来衣橱后壁只有几英寸远，但这盏灯看上去却在老远老远的地方。
Of course, the researchers were quick to point out that the technology is still a long way off from being able to power normal electronics.
当然，研究人员立刻指出，这项技术距离为正常电子器件提供动力还有很长的路要走。
The new Zafira, still a long way off in an uncertain future for the brand, looks like more of that re-invention on the part of Opel.
新赛飞利，还有很长的路要走在不确定的未来的品牌，看来更多的是重新发明的一部分欧宝。
Richardson concluded from his studies that equality between the sexes is still a long way off.
里查德森从他的研究中得出结论：男女平等还有很长的路要走。
New START may have been progress, but the finish line of a world without nuclear weapons is still a long way off.
新的削减战略武器会谈也许是一种进步，然而一个没有核武器的世界的终点线依然有很长的路要走。
New products are a long way off and are of uncertain appeal; competition has never been stronger.
新产品推出为时尚远，并且其吸引力也不确定；竞争比以往任何时候都激烈。
Even so, a resolution appeared to be a long way off in Honduras on Wednesday.
即便如此，在星期三就出台最终的解决方案对洪都拉斯来说是仍然有很长的路要走。
It was such a long way off and I just played for the enjoyment.
这个目标离我太遥远了，我踢球只是因为踢球让我感觉开心。
We are a long way off the leaders, but who knows, if things go in a certain way, the air could begin to get more rarefied.
我们距离领先者还有很远的距离，但是谁知道呢，如果事情都朝正确的方向发展，一切都会开朗起来。
What surprised me was she was already crying (I could feel the wetness on my shirt) whereas to me, sorrow seemed a long way off.
让我吃惊的是，她已经哭了起来（我可以感觉到衬衫被沾湿了），而对我来说，悲伤似乎还离着老远呢。
"That feels like it would be a long way off - I'm more interested in getting the basic schemes right first, " he told BBC News.
“这感觉还很远—我更感兴趣的是得到第一手的基本计划。”他对BBC说到。
His eyes, however, were soon greeted by a little, glimmering light, which, at first a long way off, was approaching up the street.
不过，他的目光很快便迎到一道微弱的闪光，起初还在远处，后来便沿街逐渐接近了。
Intranets are still a long way off, but IS is aiming toward the day when it has a set of manageable pieces.
内部网仍有很长的路程要走，但信息系统部门已瞄准了拥有一套可管理部件的那一天的到来。
But a breakthrough in terms of regenerating limbs and organs is a long way off.
但想要在人类肢体和器官再生方面取得突破，还需要一个很漫长的过程。
Clinical trials are a long way off, cautions Carmichael, because more animal studies by other labs must be performed first.
临床试验还有很长的路要走，卡迈克尔很谨慎，因为必须先在其他实验室做更多的动物研究才行。
Firmly concentrated control remains the dominant model, and a culture of dispersed ownership still seems a long way off in Russia.
高度集中的控制权依然是主导模式，在俄罗斯，分散所有权的文化看来还很遥远。
That may sound a long way off, but it will be here before you know it!
那听起来可能很长一段路要走，但是它将在这里在不知不觉中完成了！
We are still quite a long way off the Ferraris, the McLarens and the BMW's but we have moved forward and that's the important thing.
我们离法拉利、麦克拉伦和宝马还有很大一段距离，但最重要的是我们已经向前进了。
But like so much in genetic research, that hope is still a long way off.
但现在看来，像许多基因研究一样，这个愿望离实现还有很长的距离。
And I watch my words from a long way off. They are more yours than mine. They climb on my old suffering like ivy.
我看见我的话语扬长而去。它们更像是你的而远非我的。它们像长春滕爬上我老迈的悲伤。
Telescopes sensitive enough to directly image a planet are a long way off.
望远镜的精度足够高，可以直接显示遥远行星的图像。
Upgrading to a seismic stress meter, however, is still a long way off.
升级地震压力仪，仍然是一条漫长的道路。
Much closer union between Russia and the EU, however, appears to most experts to be a long way off.
然而，在多数专家看来，俄罗斯与欧盟之间要想建立更加密切的联盟，还有很长一段路要走。
as if we were viewing the whole country from a long way off, we start to get a clue about what it is that lures us into the big cities.
如果我们超脱一点来研究这个问题，就像我们远距离地审视整个国家一样，我们对到底是什么诱使我们到大城市来这个问题就会有线索了。
If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.
若是不能，就趁敌人还远的时候，派使者去求和息的条款。
It's also got a little chin barble here with a blue luminescent lure on it that it can use to attract prey from a long way off .
在这，下巴须这还有一个蓝色诱饵，在这，下巴须这还有一个蓝色诱饵，借此来吸引远距离猎物。
Its interim document has, says one bank boss, "given the direction of travel" but the end game, he says grimly, is a "long way off" .
一位行长指出，“其临时文件指明了改革前行的方向，但还有很多未知的事情会发生。”
Workers in their twenties and thirties don't save enough money for retirement because it seems such a long way off.
二.三十岁的工人没有足够的钱为退休储蓄，因为它似乎有很长的路要走。
But it is still a long way off the target that many developed countries set themselves of 0. 7% of GDP.
但许多发达国家的官方援助额仍远低于其确定的占国内生产总值0.7%的目标。
Mubarak is not gone; and democracy, economic justice, empowerment, and equal rights are still a long way off.
穆巴拉克阴魂不散；民主，赋权，经济公正和权利平等离埃及人民仍然很远。
The future seems a long way off, but it is really closer than you think.
未来看起来离我们很远，但是事实上它比我们想的要进。
As the disruption continues for Taiwan's drinks companies, an end to the safety scandal seems a long way off.
由于这对台湾饮料公司造成的破坏还在持续，要结束这个安全丑闻看起来还很遥远。
Many an irksome noise, go a long way off, is heard as music, a proud, sweet satire on the meanness of our lives.
许多讨厌的声音，传得很远，听来却像音乐，对于我们卑贱的生活，这真是一个傲然的可爱的讽刺。
However, a credible political project for change is still a long way off.
不过，要启动一个可信的政治改革工程，仍然任重而道远。
Before the construction of the S. N. Railway, Nanjing seemed to the inhabitants of Shanghai a long way off.
在京沪铁路未修筑之前，南京对上海的居民来说，似乎很遥远。
Given the state of the housing market, that happy day is a long way off.
鉴于房地产市场的现状，那个好日子还遥遥无期。
While human trials are still a long way off, scientists in the field are excited and encouraged by the research.
虽然距离人类试验有很长的路要走，但科学家们已经因为这次的试验而感到振奋和鼓舞了。
"It's not my main priority or focus at the moment, I still think that's a long way off, " Gerrard told the club's official magazine.
“这不是我现在考虑的重点问题，我想我还有很长的路要走。”杰拉德说。
