And that goes a long way towards explaining the tensions today.

这要追溯到很久以前 才能解释当今的冲突问题。

" Even so, the present study goes a long way towards ruling out alternative explanations for the observed signals" .

" 即便如此，目前的研究在排除对观测到的信号的其他解释方面还有很长的路要走。"

A simple, " Hey, this is my friend, Dave, " goes a long way towards making everyone else feel more comfortable.

「嘿，这是我朋友戴夫」对于让团体中的大家感到更轻松自在有意想不到的效果。

And finally, if something goes a long way towards a certain goal, it's an important factor in achieving that goal.

最后，如果某件事朝着某个目标走了很长一段路，这就是实现该目标的重要因素。

If you say that something goes a long way towards doing a particular thing, you mean that it's an important factor in achieving that thing.

如果你说某事有助于做某一件特定的事情，你的意思是这是实现目标的重要因素。

This book goes a long way towards explaining some of the strange behaviour of normal, sane people.

这本书在解释正常、理智的人的一些奇怪行为方面大有帮助。

This proposition is of great importance, and goes a long way towards solving our previous difficulties concerning a priori knowledge.

这个命题非常重要， 对解决我们先前关于先验知识的困难大有帮助。