我们原来只打算跑完一个马拉松的距离,但是在过了30英里时我们绕了路,还拐错了一个弯,反正一个马拉松的距离不算很远。
We were (only) supposed to run a marathon, but a detour and a wrong turn took us over 30 miles. Well, a marathon is a silly distance anyway.
今天,广州拥有71公里长的地铁,大部分于最近三年投入运行。 但是,城市不断扩张出来的地区很多还是距离最近的地铁站很远。
Today, Guangzhou has 71 miles of subway lines, most of them opened in the last three years, and yet large areas of the ever-expanding city are still distant from the nearest subway stop.
潜在的买主自然有权利去竞购,但是他们却忽略了他们离成功的距离还有很远。
The prospective buyers are not wrong that they have a right to bid on an American news organization, but they are wrong that they had the remotest shot of succeeding.
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