down the road

基本解释

The horse trotted down the road.
马沿着路小跑。
Down the road, research on AOP refactoring will produce results usable by all of the approaches.
沿着这条路，对 AOP 重构的研究将会提供所有技术都能使用的结果。
But testing takes years and five years down the road researchers may have yet another vaccine that does not work.
然而，试验需要数年时间，接下去的五年研究人员也许会在这条路上遭遇更多的失败。

When she saw Misses Smith and the children coming down the road, Misses Gray went out to meet them.
We'd sort of have some reason to believe in the soul until we sort of see what next argument comes down the road.
我们可能会有理由相信灵魂的存在,直到我们沿着这个方向探究到其他论证的存在
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It's a bad habit to get into, because when you come back to it, it may haunt you later on down the road. So really get into that notion of trying to be defensive as you program.
来运行程序的时候,错误就会出现缠住你了,因此现在我们真的要培养,在程序中有防卫性设计的概念。
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Down the road, the hospital may introduce new work practices, such as increasing the role of physician assistants.
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