| 释义 |
as far as1For as great a distance as: the river stretched away as far as he could see...- The staff shortage had also been tackled by a major recruitment drive reaching as far as Australia.
- I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them, which is no distance at all.
- It was dark and brooding and stretched away into the distance as far as Becki could see.
1.1For a great enough distance to reach: I decided to walk as far as the village...- Plans are also afoot to place a cycle path along the top of the new wall reaching as far as Shoebury East Beach.
- To do this I had to stand with the pole vertically by my side and reach up as far as I could with my right hand.
- On the Eden salmon and a few sea trout have reached at least as far as Lazonby Estate.
1.2To the extent that: as far as I am concerned it is no big deal...- Well, inequality, which as far as they are both concerned, are one and the same thing.
- She was dead as far as any of the villagers were concerned, until she went to one house and saw her father.
- Rather, the Ombudsman now seeks to take each case as far as is necessary for a just resolution to be reached.
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