单词 | to have come a long way |
释义 | > as lemmasto have come a long way (b) to have come a long way: to have made a lot of progress; to have achieved much; to have improved rapidly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress > make much progress to have come a long way1912 1912 Chicago Defender 2 Nov. 3 We have come a long way in a half century. 1922 W. S. Maugham in Pearson's Mag. Oct. 320/2 He had come a long way since then. 1966 Seventeen July 140/3 Society seems to have come a long way since the days of the Puritans, and now we're up to topless bathing suits. 1999 J. Keenan & C. Lloyd Moon Dance in Best of Frasier 140 Hey, Niles, I think your problem is you still think of yourself as that same geeky kid you were in high school. But you've come a long way since then. 2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Jan. c3/3 Emergency medicine has come a long way in recent years. < as lemmas |
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