go back a long way

基本解釋

Unmanned flying machines go back a long way.
無人駕駛的飛行機(jī)器有著很長(zhǎng)一段的歷史。
The research, published Monday in the journal PLoS One, shows that sustainable practices go back a long way and that coral reefs may be better able to regenerate than previously thought.
刊登在星期一的PLoS One雜志上的此項(xiàng)研究顯示了對(duì)珊瑚礁的不懈保護(hù)由來已久，珊瑚礁的再生可能會(huì)比先前的預(yù)期更好。
The connection between dreams and their role in memory go back a long way.
夢(mèng)以及其作用之間的聯(lián)系要回溯到很久以前。

The roots of all this go back a long way, and to unexpected places.
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