1·We had to wait a heck of a long time!
我们只好等了很长时间！
—— 《牛津词典》
2·They took a long time to mend the roof.
他们花了好长时间修缮房顶。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·I waited a long time for him to return.
我等他回来等了很长时间。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·That cut is taking a long time to heal.
那伤口需要很长时间才能愈合。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·It's been such a long time since I played.
自从我上次演奏以来已经过了这么长时间了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·They have been missing for a long time now.
到现在他们已经失踪很长时间了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
7·It took a long time for the wounds to heal.
伤口过了很长时间才愈合。
—— 《牛津词典》
8·It's the best news I've heard in a long time.
这是我很长时间以来听到的最好消息。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
9·He took a long time getting to sleep that night.
他那天晚上过了好长时间才睡着。
—— 《牛津词典》
10·New fashions took a long time to percolate down.
新时尚要很长时间才能在大众中流行起来。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·Because of his long time connection with people in power, Marconi was unable to cut himself off from the fascist regime in Italy.
由于马可尼与当权者的长期联系，他无法与意大利的法西斯政权断绝关系。
2·Though "easy" may be welcome, unluckily it's of little use for any long time development of reading skills and the general language level.
虽然“简单”可能是受欢迎的，但不幸的是，它对长期发展阅读技能和一般语言水平几乎没有用处。
3·The dollar will fall eventually but that could be a long time away.
美元最终将会被取而代之，只不过这是一个长期的过程。
4·This can be hard to do especially if you are a long time impulse spender.
这一步很难做到，特别是如果你已是一个长期冲动消费者的情况下。
5·People who have been watching the company for a long time give similar answers.
长期关注这家公司的人给出了一些相似的答案。