September was a long way off.

那时离九月份还有很长一段时间。

《牛津词典》

Success is still a long way off.

离成功还远着呢。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Florida was a long way off.

佛罗里达离得很远。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

President Obama said the leaders agreed that full recovery is still a long way off.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

Suppose the utilitarian calculus in the long run works out as he says it will such that respecting people's rights is a way of making everybody better off in the long run.

假设如他所说，长远来看,功利主义演算真能实现,即尊重个人权利,从长远来看，真的能让大家都获益。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

While human trials are still a long way off, scientists in the field are excited and encouraged by the research.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Eventually it intends to produce its own creations, but that accomplishment is a long way off.

FORBES: Architect of Life

If that is still a long way off, it is mainly not the UN's fault.

ECONOMIST: Justice in Central America

Anything like European self-sufficiency in defence is a long way off, to put it mildly.

ECONOMIST: The EU turns its attention from ploughshares to swords