Parliamentary elections scheduled for the autumn seem a long way off.
预定于秋天进行的议会选举似乎还有很长的路要走。
Yet in truth NATO membership is a long way off, not least because neither country is anywhere near ready.
事实上，要成为北约成员国还有很长一段路要走，特别是在两国还未准备充分的情况下。
It may one day even have implications for how we treat infertility, though that's probably still a long way off.
或许有一天，这甚至会对我们如何治疗不育症产生影响，尽管那一天很可能仍非常遥远。
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。
Barren desert, a long way off. Hassan guided the caravan road.
大漠荒凉，长路漫漫。哈桑老人为整个商队指引着道路。
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。
No poster nor trailer available, but the August 1 opening day is still a long way off.
还没有海报或预告片，不过离八月一日上画日还有一阵子呢。
A specialist in the bacterium said the discovery was "exciting", but any treatment was still a long way off.
一名细菌专家说，这一发现“令人兴奋”，但要形成任何治疗方案仍然有一条很长的路要走。
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。
The level of consolidation that would confer significant market power on the largest mills still seems a long way off.
但要达到将重大的市场权力移交到最大企业手中的集中水平，似乎还有很长的路要走。
Roombas are cute, but robot janitors are a long way off; computerized legal research and computer-aided medical diagnosis are already here.
自动吸尘器很不错，但是机器人门卫却有很长的路要走；电脑化法律研究和电脑辅助医疗诊断已经实现。
It is very experimental at this stage and the distance from here to doctors being able to better treat brain tumours is a long way off.
他又补充说：“目前还仅仅处于实验阶段，在实验与治疗脑肿瘤患者的临床应用之间还存在着很长一段距离。”
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。
It's a goal that's a long way off though, and would require massive leaps in the integration of electronic sensors with the human nervous system.
目前要实现这个目标还为时太早，还需要在电子传感器和人类神经系统的整合领域取得更大的进步。
Some even dream of using natural gas to make hydrogen which would power fuel-cell cars, though advocates admit that these are still a long way off.
一些人甚至梦想用天然气制造氢，用以提供燃料电池汽车的动力，但支持者们承认这个方向上还有很长的路要走。
I will let shareholders know immediately should my health situation change. Eventually, of course, it will; but I believe that day is a long way off.
如果病情发生变化，我将立刻通知各位股东。当然，那一天终将到来，但我相信离那一天还挺远。
Some even dream of using natural gas to make hydrogen which would power fuel- cell cars , though advocates admit that these are still a long way off .
一些人甚至梦想用天然气制造氢，用以提供燃料电池汽车的动力，但支持者们承认这个方向上还有很长的路要走。
But the long-term strength and reliability of adhesives has not been proved, so most people who work in glass think an all-glued structure is a long way off.
但是粘接技术的长期强度和可靠性还未得到证明。因此许多玻璃相关产业的从业人员都认为全粘接的结构还有很长的路要走。
Although mice are a long way off from being human, we all know that many effects of medication or substances on them are similar to what humans experience.
虽然老鼠远非人类，但是我们都知道很多药物和物质对他们的效果与对人类的是相似的。
We're still a long way off from useful molecule-size machinery, but the work is an impressive demonstration of what some carefully designed chemistry can do.
我们离多用途分子尺寸规模的机械仍有很远的路程，可是该工作是精细化学工程设计的极佳展示。
I'm a long way off from reaching this level of talent, but I've begun applying these techniques in my own presentations and have seen very positive results.
我不具备这样的才干，不过，我却开始在自己的演讲中使用他的那些技巧，并感受到其功效。
Another possible home to life is Jupiters moon, Europa, which seems to have slush beneath its ice crust that is kept warm by tides. But exploration is a long way off.
另一处可能有生命的地方是木星的卫星，名叫欧罗巴，其冰壳下似乎有靠潮汐保暖的软冰，但是探索它还是遥远的事情。
I have begun to consider future aspirations to come here to work or live. Of course this is a long way off, but this program has given me an insight into the possibility.
此行让我产生了日后来这里工作和生活的念头，虽然要达成这一理想还有很长的路要走，但通过这次冬令营我认识到这是完全可能的。
If Hoovers had been invented in those days Polly would have thought it was the sound of a Hoover being worked a long way off - several rooms away and several floors below.
假如那时已有吸尘器，波莉肯定会认为这是一台吸尘器在几间房子外或几层楼下工作发出的声音。
Everybody walked toward Wilbur and Wilbur didn't know what to do. The woods seemed a long way off, and anyway, he had never been down there in the woods and wasn't sure he would like it.
此时威尔伯离树林似乎还有很长的一段距离，而且，他从来没去过那里面，也不知道自己是不是喜欢那儿。
By 2010-not a long way off in the car business-it intends to churn out 30 different models on five different platforms, a number that would rival established competitors around the world.
它计划到2010年——这一过程在汽车业算不上漫长——推出基于5个不同平台30款不同的车型。这个数字可以与全球任何一家老牌竞争者相匹敌。
And although putting the techniques to use in people is a long way off, they hope the research will help in the development of drugs that could be used to treat obesity or type 2 diabetes.
尽管把这项技术应用在人还有一段很长的路要走，但他们希望这项研究将有助于开发治疗肥胖症或2型糖尿病的药物。
And although putting the techniques to use in people is a long way off, they hope the research will help in the development of drugs that could be used to treat obesity or type 2 diabetes.
尽管把这项技术应用在人还有一段很长的路要走，但他们希望这项研究将有助于开发治疗肥胖症或2型糖尿病的药物。
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