At Lucasfilm Ltd., the creators of Star Wars, that sounds like a business model from a long time ago, in a company far, far away.
对星球大战的缔造者卢卡斯公司而言，这听起来像是很久以前的商业模式。
Under duress, and in suitably lawyerly periphrases, they may, at most, express a compassionate “regret” for something inconsequential that they, or ideally someone else, did a long time ago.
最多就是在人们强迫下，他们才可能用律师般拐弯抹角的说法，表达他们对于很久以前，他们或是他们认为的某个人，做的某些无关紧要发出一点富有同情心的“遗憾”。
"The algorithms we use to monitor ice extent were developed a long time ago," says Stroeve, "based on what 'typical' ice looked like at that time."
“我们使用的算法监测海冰范围是很久以前制定的，”施特略夫说，“那是基于当时的一些“典型”的冰像。”
It's a very long time ago now, back in the decade before last, in the century before this one, but save for the friends who did a hog roast round a camp fire, I can't recall better food at a wedding.
这是很久以前的事了，差不多是二十年前的上个世纪，除了有一次是大家聚在篝火旁边烤猪，我再也想不出来比那更棒的婚宴了。
‘The Dark Lens’ series places stormtroopers, droids, AT-ATs, Darth Vader and more in eerie, blighted landscapes that seem as if they could be from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
这套“黑暗镜头”系列图片将暴风突击队员、机器人、AT-AT、达斯·维达等角色放置于怪异衰败的景象之中，仿佛他们来自于遥远的另一个银河系。
Dr McKellar's finds suggest, at least, that that complexity began to evolve a long time ago.
麦凯乐博士的这项发现表明，这种复杂在很久很久以前就开始了。
A long time ago, in this cold September of 1962, there was a Steven's 1 co-op at this very university.
很久以前，1962年的寒冷9月，这座校园里有一家史蒂文消费合作社。
One fine May morning not long ago my oldest son, 17 at the time, phoned to tell me that he had just spent a couple hours at the state police barracks.
不久前5月的一个晴朗的早晨，我17岁的大儿子，打电话告诉我，他刚刚在州警局呆了几小时。
Look at this spaceship. lt's our first spaceship. l flew to the earth in it a long time ago.
看这艘宇宙飞船。它是我们的第一艘宇宙飞船。很久以前，我乘着它飞到地球。
At that time, long ago, most monks usually looked pretty serious.
在那久远的过去，大多数僧侣通常看起来都相当严肃。
A long time ago, people burned wise women like me at the stake, and poets were poor.
在以前人们会把我这样的睿智的女人绑在柱子上烧死，诗人也很穷困。
Long ago, before the first Europeans arrived in North America, the farmers in Europe held celebrations at harvest time.
早在第一个欧洲人到达北美之前，欧洲的农场主在丰收的季节要举办大型的庆典活动。
This was long ago, and earth has actually declined even further, causing the requirement for such massing out to be a pre-requisite to ascend at this time in history.
这是很久前的事了，而地球实际上已更进一步衰退，导致如此的增长需求是在历史此刻提升的一个首要条件。
At this time, I suddenly remembered that not long ago science class the teacher talked about "Rainbow Light" a lesson is issued by the sun looks white, but it is the most complex color.
这时，我忽然想起，不久前科学课上老师讲过“七色光”一课，太阳看起来发出的是白光，但这却是最复杂的颜色。
Perhaps at the time that she conceives, this woman thinks' I don't want a child with the wrong man 'and forgets entirely how she had intended to conceive a child so long ago.
或许她想像的当时，她想“我不要与不对的男人的孩子”，而完全忘记了在如此久远以前，她是怎么意愿去想像的。
At this time, wanted to sing a song, want to hit soon as whistle, or simply sit under Peach, like the sky, like clouds, like a long time ago past.
这时候，很想哼一支歌，很想打一声口哨，或者干脆坐桃花下，想天空，想云朵，想很久很久以前的往事。
While I might not have been as full-tilt as the lady who yelled at the airline personnel, there was a time in my life not long ago when I would have been, well, huffy.
我可能不会象那个冲着工作人员吼叫的女士那样暴跳如雷，但前几久我有一次努力控制激动情绪的经历。
Girls look at him, and declare that he can take care of, he said with a smile, I disdain you, I look at you to declare a long time ago, why wait until now?
女孩来看他，表白了可以照顾他，他笑着说，我看不上你，我要看上你早就表白了，何苦等到现在？
Obviously it was me at one point, but that was a long time ago, when I was a kid and the money was all new to me.
显然这只是一小部分，而且也是很长时间以前了。以前我刚挣钱的时候确实比较霸气外露。
I realised a long time ago that "a little goes a long way" and I have found that it is surprising just how much communication can take place at any level.
我意识到很久以前就认识到，“小走很长的路”，我发现，实在令人惊讶可以进行交流的多少在任何水平。
There is a legend long time ago, as long as at the meteor once rowed of time, you made a wish, it will carry out.
很久以前，有一个传说，只要在流星划过的时候，你许愿了，它就会实现。
It was long time ago. I was living in London at that time.
那是很久以前了。那时我还住在伦敦。
A long time ago, there was a young man called Wang Qi. When he heard that there were many immortals in Mount Lao, he went there at once.
从前，有一个年轻人名叫王七，听说崂山上有很多仙人，就前往崂山访道。
They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.
千百万年前， 恐龙就在地球上生活，比人类的出现要早得多，当时它们的前景好像也很安全。
We had it agreed a long time ago but with the Copa America, he has joined us at the start of the season literally.
我们很早以前就已经搞定，但是因为美洲杯，他几乎是在赛季开始前最后一刻才加入我们。
The island was formed by volcanic eruption at a long time ago.
是若干年前火山喷发型成的火山岛。
The island was formed by volcanic eruption at a long time ago.
是若干年前火山喷发型成的火山岛。
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