It's been around什麼意思?

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Rebecca
Been around [since X ] 基本上是指自X存在或發生以來經過的時間量,這也是強調X最近沒有發生並且已經過去很長時間的一種手段。示例: Coronavirus has been around for centuries. (冠狀病毒已經存在了幾個世紀。)示例: Cars have been around for many years, but only recently have we started creating non-gasoline ones. (汽車已經存在了很長時間,但直到最近才開始生產不使用汽油的汽車。)