单词 | to be a long way from |
释义 | > as lemmasto be a long way from (c) to be a long way from: to be different from; esp. to be inferior to, fail to match up to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] diversec1384 discorda1387 swervea1400 differ?c1400 varyc1400 differencec1425 square?c1450 abhor1531 repugna1538 dissent1539 recede1570 discrepate1590 ablude1610 decline1615 to stand offa1616 particularize1637 distinguish1649 deviate1692 to stand apart1709 veer1796 to be a long way from1917 1917 Jrnl. Industr. & Engin. Chem. 9 1132/1 Merely because the Republicans and the Democrats have agreed that because coal-tar dyes constitute a ‘key-industry’ and hence should be protected is a very long way from saying that they have agreed that every ‘key-industry’ should be so protected. 1957 Pract. Wireless 33 684/2 The system is a very long way from Hi-Fi, but is sufficient for the transmission of speech. 1986 W. H. Johnson in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) iv. vii. 627 Modern appliances are a long way from the old wick burner heating stove. 2009 Nature 1 Jan. 36/2 A few photons is a long way from the large entangled states required for practical application of quantum-enhanced precision measurement. < as lemmas |
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