Not by a Long Shot——遠遠不可能

** a definitive and emphatic "no, not even close."

~~ 絕不可能；遠遠不可能；絕對不行；絕對沒有希望，絕對不是；一點也不接近

~~ not by a long chalk; far from it; nowhere near; a long way off; not even close; not in the slightest;

!! "A long shot" might have come from archery, which would rarely hit the target when shot over a long distance. "Not by a long short" first arose in British horseracing in mid-19th century as a bet made at great odds, a bold wager, on a "long shot" a horse that was not expected to win.

“希望渺茫”可能源於射箭，因遠距離射箭很少能擊中目標。“絕不可能”最早出現在十九世紀中期的英國賽馬，是對一匹“冷門馬”（即不被看好的馬）進行大額投注，賠率極高。

In general it means "not even remotely close" to being successful or winning. but would lead to decisive failure or negative outcome.

一般來說 ，它的意思是“離成功或勝利差得極遠”，甚至會導致徹底失敗或負面結果。

>> AI will not be capable of true human consciousness anytime soon, not by a long shot.

人工智能在短期內還無法擁有真正的人類意識，遠遠不可能。

學勤教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授