by a long shot的意思|示意

"We're not the first people to study this by a long shot," Metzger says. "All we've done is developed a new technique that seems to be very useful and very fast."

“我们并非是做这样尝试的第一人，我们所做的就是研发一种很有用而且快捷的新技术”Metzger说到。

But if you can creatively bridge the gap — for example, by pointing out that in both scenarios, you're selling a long-term investment — you'll have a shot at making the leap.

但如果你可以创造性的消除这中间的隔阂——例如，指出在这两种情形下，你都是在销售一件长期投资型的产品——你将会在这样一种职业跨越中取得成功。

Now, I know we've had quite a few strange art mediums here at Oddity Central, from garbage to chewing gum, but excrement has to be the weirdest one yet, by a long shot.

在我们网站的有很多奇怪的艺术新闻，从垃圾到嚼过的口香糖什么都有，但是大便还是最诡异最雷人的。

This stance isn't relaxed, not by a long shot.

这个立场并不轻松，一点也不轻松。

These rules, though, are not the be-all, end-all of SQL performance tuning-not by a long shot.

但是，这些规则并不是SQL性能调优的最终和最高目标-决不是。

However, this is not the only workout you can do - not by a long shot.

然而，短期内，这并不是你唯一可以做的练习。