1·Any doubts had long since been swept away.
一切怀疑早已完全消除。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·It is so long since I have seen him!
我很久没见到他了！
3·Sitting down, the parson said: "It is long since I have seen you, neighbor."
牧师坐了下来，说：“邻居，我很久没见到你了。”
4·Talk to me about your grandfather, for it has been long since I have heard anything about him.
跟我谈谈你的爷爷吧，因为我很久没有听到关于他的任何消息了。
5·Becky said, "Why, I didn't notice, but it seems ever so long since I heard any of the others."
贝基说：“怎么，我没注意到，但是我好像很久没听到别人的声音了。”
6·In theory, you need molten iron in the core to generate one, but Mercury is so small, its core should have long since solidified.
理论上，你需要核心里的熔化铁来产生它，但是水星很小，它的核心凝固还要很久。
7·The pledge has long since run out.
质押(物)早已期满。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
8·I have long since come to terms with my blindness.
我早就安于自己的失明了。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
9·Your great name long since reached my ears like thunder. I am ashamed to show off my incompetence in the presence of an expert like yourself.
先生大名，如雷灌耳，小弟献丑，真是班门弄斧了。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
10·Open source has long since arrived.
开源已经出现很长时间了。
1·A few looms, powered by the mill's water wheel, still produce tea towels for the gift shop, but cotton production has long since moved abroad in search of low wages.
一些由工厂水车驱动的织布机，依然为一些礼品店生产茶巾，但是棉花生产已经很早就转移到了国外工资更低的地方去了。
2·He was a neighbor of my grandparents' age, long since retired.
他和爷爷家住邻居，跟爷爷一样年纪，也早就退休了。
3·In many businesses, MIS handles legacy software and hardware, coded by programme long since retired, who left no documentation for the systems.
在许多企业，管理信息系统处理遗留软件和硬件，编写项目也早就退休了，没有文档的系统。