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

在他去世之前，新闻业的品味早已改变很长时间了，而且他所擅长的措词华丽的维多利亚爱德华时期的散文风格对后现代的读者没有什么用处。

Habits tend to last the long term, whereas resolutions tend to fade out.

习惯持续很长时间，而决心渐消失。

Because it takes longer, and I wanted to head velocity off at the pass.

因为那得等很长时间，而我想在这种问题上 速战速决。

The dozens who've applied for asylum in America will probably have a long wait.

在美国申请庇护的数十可能等待很长时间。

Did he have an ongoing heart condition?

他的心脏病很长时间了吗？

And lastly, Indecisive—indecisive procrastinators find it difficult to make definitive decisions, so take a long time to get anything done.

最后，优柔寡断——优柔寡断的拖延者发现很难做出明确的决定，所以要花很长时间来完成任何事情。

Each one strained every nerve to break the bundle.

每使出了九牛二虎之力，花了很长时间还是徒劳无功。

By September, the snowy owl chicks are beginning to fledge and they're now left unattended for long periods of time.

到了九月，雪鸮幼鸟的羽翼开始渐丰满，父母也留下它们很长时间不去照看。

Well, Harry, we have trespassed upon Horace's hospitality quite long enough; I think it is time for us to leave.

好了，哈利，我们已经叨扰了霍拉斯很长时间了，我认为我们应该走了。

As you know, it took a while to find a solution to the problems we had with the old circuit.

你们知道，我们花了很长时间才找到修理旧电路的解决方案。

Because it's quite slow in its movements and spends quite a lot of its time dozing under rocks or lying in the sun.

因为它运动非常缓慢，而且花很长时间在岩石下面打瞌睡，或者是在太阳下躺着。

So we have to cut back rapidly now, because it will take a long time to work its way through into a response by the atmosphere.

所以，我们现在必须快速地减少二氧化碳的排放量，因为该措施需要很长时间才能降低空气中的二氧化碳含量。

It takes a very long time to uncover your purpose.

你需要很长时间才能发现你的目标。

That's a really good question, it's one I've been debating myself for quite some time.

这是非常好的问题，很长时间以来我一直在考虑这件事。

He could hear Neville sobbing into his pillow for what seemed like hours.

他可以听见纳威伏在枕头上哭泣，哭了很长时间。

If we stew it for a long time, it will be delicious.

如果我们炖很长时间，它很好吃的。

It took a long while to get started next morning.

第二天早上动身花了很长时间。

It takes me ages to clean up.

我花了很长时间才清理干净。

If two people snog, they kiss and usually for a length of time.

如果两热吻，他们亲吻，而且通常持续很长时间。

Pa sat for a long time in the doorway and played his fiddle. He sang to Ma and Mary and Laura and to the starry night outside.

爸爸在门口坐了很长时间，拉着小提琴。他为妈妈、玛丽、劳拉和外面的星空唱歌。"