1·Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, an area that the United States has long regarded as its own backyard.
古巴是加勒比地区最大的岛屿，美国长期以来一直把它看作自己的后院。
2·In that land, the creature was long regarded as a symbol of imperial power, and to this day dragons are afforded considerable respect.
在那块土地上，这种动物长期被视为皇权的象征，直到今天，仍然给予龙以相当的敬意。
3·Meanwhile, Chinese is long regarded as the most difficult language because of its unique word forming, diverse grammar and fertile idioms, which greatly challenge the learners' decision.
但汉语是公认的最难以掌握的语言，尤其是独特的汉字构造、变化万般的语法结构、内涵丰富的成语谚语，都给汉语学习者带来了极大的挑战。
4·Unlikely as it seems, many of the irritating problems and contentious issues you're facing are actually offering an opportunity to get to the bottom of situations you're long regarded as suspicious.
你正面临的这许多恼人问题和争议事件，看起来似乎不大可能会带来转机，从而让你去弄清那些怀疑已久的形势。
5·The explanation is that, for a long time, mentally handicapped people were not regarded as equal.
这说明，长久以来，智力障碍的人们受到了不平等的对待。
6·You will be regarded as one of the family, long after the completion of your time here at Takapuna Grammar School.
在你结束塔卡普纳语法学校的学业很久之后，他们还是会把你看做是家庭成员。
7·It's long been regarded as pseudoscience, but precognition-that is, the ability to not just predict but to actually perceive the future-is getting a fair shake in some scientific circles lately.
长期以来，人们一直认为预知是伪科学，但最近在某些科学家圈子里，预知——不仅是预测还包括准确感知未来的能力——开始得到了一定的认可。
8·Geoengineering, the deliberate modification of the environment to suit human needs, has long been regarded as the height of hubris by many people and most environmentalists.
长期以来，大多数环境保护者认为试图改变环境来满足人类需求的地球工程学是人类的过度自信。
9·For a long time, user interfaces were regarded as one of the things for which open source models were hopeless.
很长一段时间以来，用户界面都被视为开源模式令人失望的事情之一。
10·The follow-up study in 2008 shows that long term sustainability is currently regarded as the most important challenge to most OER initiatives.
2008年的继续研究表明，对于大多数OER举措来说，目前人们认为最重要的挑战是长期可持续性。