It's been around什么意思?

母语人士的回答
Rebecca
Been around [since X ] 基本上是指自X存在或发生以来经过的时间量,这也是强调X最近没有发生并且已经过去很长时间的一种手段。示例: Coronavirus has been around for centuries. (冠状病毒已经存在了几个世纪。)示例: Cars have been around for many years, but only recently have we started creating non-gasoline ones. (汽车已经存在了很长时间,但直到最近才开始生产不使用汽油的汽车。)