His interest in birds goes back a long way, about as far back as his ties to the Lab of Ornithology.

他对鸟类的兴趣可以追溯到很久以前，大约可以追溯到他与鸟类学实验室的联系。

She was a Christian in her later years, but she had come a long way about, and she never forgot her birthright.

她晚年是基督徒，但她已经走了很长一段路， 她从未忘记她与生俱来的权利。

The fossil record of flowering plants goes back a long way-- about 125 million years, which is what I like to call a very long time But in the big picture of evolution, flowers are relatively late bloomers.

开花植物的化石记录可以追溯到很久以前——大约 1.25 亿年，我喜欢称之为很长的时间。 但是从进化的大局来看，花是相对较晚开花的。