Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

他去世之前，新闻业品味早已改变很长时间了，而且他所擅长措词华丽维多利亚爱德华时期散文风格对后现代读者没有什么用处。

Just a little bit longer before he calls it a day.

过一会儿他就要休息了。

As usual, animals figured this one out long before humans.

和往常一样，动物比人类更早发现这个秘密。

It's not long before I'm fast asleep.

不久我就睡着了。

It was not long before Willie cried himself to sleep.

威利哭着哭着，没多久就睡着了。

He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow.

他早就把鱼叉准备停当，叉上那卷细绳子给搁一只圆筐内，一端紧头缆柱上。

Augmented military personnel could carry heavy loads and work longer before fatiguing.

穿上这些强化型军事人员可负荷重物，也可进行长时间工作，而不容易感到累。

It wasn't long before his ability surpassed that of his master.

不久，他能力就超过了他老师。

And long before that, you and I will have moved on.

而早那之前，你我就要挪地方了。

The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.

客人们自然从贝西为他们开门那一刻起就看出来了，好长一段时间里，即最后这个乱子发生前，他们努力克制才没笑出声来。

The storyline takes place long before the lifetime of The Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence in the billion-dollar movie series.

该书故事情节发生《饥饿游戏》女主角凯特尼斯·伊夫狄恩生活时期很久之前。女主角由詹妮弗·劳伦斯扮演，该同名列电影揽获了十亿美元票房。

However, it's not long before the mice begin to catch on.

然而，不久老鼠就开始活跃起来。

And long before it was common place, you also saw women.

司空见惯之前，你也偶尔能看到女性。

Having less weight to shift, they may be able to run for longer before the energy balance tilts against them.

其体重轻，跑动快，相比于成年熊，它们可以奔跑时间更长。

Long before the Boeings brought down the towers, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote " grief returns with the revolving year."

早那两架波音飞机撞倒双子塔之前很久，诗人珀西? 比希? 雪莱就写道“悲伤一年一轮回”。

Sweeter chocolates have less theobromine, so the lethal dose is higher; about 5 kilograms of milk chocolate for dogs and about a third of a kilogram for cats, but they'd be sick long before eating that much.

较甜巧克力所含可可碱较少，所以足以致死份量相对会较高，吃下约 5 公斤牛奶巧克力会导致狗狗死亡，猫则是要吃下约 300 多公克，不过他们吃下那么多分量之前就会先感到恶心了。

Long before he became a star defensive lineman and running back, years before he earned the prestigious title of Mr. Football for the state of Ohio, Cass struggled simply to survive in the nation of Haiti.

早他成为明星防守前锋和跑卫之前，他赢得俄亥俄州足球先生头衔之前年，Cass仅仅是为了海地这个国家生存而挣扎。

Let's hope it's not too long before we're living in a post-plastic world.

希望不久后我们会生活一个后塑料时代。

She believed in me long before there was absolutely any reason to, driving me to auditions every single day after school and supporting the dream that started in a movie theater.

我还一无所有、毫无值得被寄予厚望理由时，她就选择相信我。每天放学后，她都会开车送我去参加试镜，始终支持着我那个始于一家小影院电影梦。

This was long before the computer design capabilities that we have today.

远远早于我们今天使用计算机设计技术。