This is the work of a lifetime, if not longer.
这是一个需要花上一辈子乃至更久的工作。
When homeowners replace a working oil system, it can take five or ten years, if not longer, to get their money back in fuel savings.
当住户们替换掉一个燃油设备后，他们如果不用等更久的话，那么在五年或者七年时间里就能拿回因节约燃料而得到的补偿的钱。
Scientists project the pH of surface water will decrease by the year 2100 to a level not seen on Earth over the past 20 million years, if not longer.
科学家预计海洋表层水的pH将会在2100年下降到一个在过去2亿年地球上从未出现的水平。
And the business practices of England's lineal descendant, America, will have you in the office from nine in the morning to five in the evening, if not longer.
而英国人的直系后裔——美国公司的惯例会让你朝九晚五地呆在办公室里，甚至更长时间。
In contract recruitment the repayment window typically sits between 28 and 45 days, but in reality payment materialises between 45 and 60 days, if not longer.
在征聘合同中，支付期限约为28至45天，但在现实中支付期限可能会达到45至60天，甚至更长。
I had planned to retire this year, but I'll probably need to work another two or three years, if not longer, to recoup the losses that my retirement portfolio has taken recently.
我本打算今年退休，但也许还会再工作两三年。
The militants have been making inroads into Peshawar for many months, if not longer, and I do not think anything happened necessarily in Peshawar happened that was new this week to prompt this.
他说：“激进分子侵占白沙瓦的情况至少已经持续了几个月了，我不认为这个星期白沙瓦一定发生了什么新的事情激化了目前的局面。
If it had not been for a very lucky chance, he probably would have had to stay there longer.
如果不是因为一个非常幸运的机会，他可能会不得不在那里待得更久。
If it were not for the climate, I would stay here much longer.
如果不是因为天气原因，我呆在这的时间会更长。
Grandfather, sometimes I felt as if I could not bear it any longer to be away from you!
爷爷，有时候我觉得我再也不能忍受离开你了！
I have very sad thoughts sometimes, and often I feel as if I could not bear it any longer.
我有时会有非常悲伤的想法，我常常觉得我似乎再也无法忍受了。
"If we are not able to make her live longer, we can make her life wider," said Xu's father.
“如果我们不能延长她的生命，那我们可以让她的生命更加充实。”徐的父亲说。
For example, for many server applications it's not important if the server takes longer to start up: what's important is the run rate of transaction performance after startup.
例如，如果这个服务器要花费很长时间来启动，那么对于许多服务器应用软件来说就不重要：重要的启动之后事务性能的运行速率。
Even worse, if the drug lasts longer than the flight, you'll arrive drowsy at your destination-that's not good if you have to drive or negotiate local transportation home.
更糟糕的时，如果药效时间比飞行时间更长，你下飞机的时候会昏昏欲睡——如果还得开车或者坐车回家，就不太妙了。
If you want to get in shape fast, exercise longer, not harder.
如果你想快速地恢复身材，锻炼得久点，而不是更辛苦。
What if Asia as an idea no longer exists not just for advertisers but for most of those who live within its supposed boundaries?
如果亚洲这个概念不但对那些广告商，而且也对绝大多数生活在其所谓边界内的人们都不再存在的话， 那会怎样呢？
Testers, for example, will not be happy if their automated scripts no longer work and testing has to be stopped until the problem is resolved.
例如，如果自动化脚本不能正常发挥作用，测试不能继续，如果不能使问题得到解决时，测试人员将会很不愉快。
If not, the path to adjustment and stabilisation of American housing markets is sure grow ever longer, and ever more painful.
如果不能的话，美国房地产市场的调整和稳定之路必定更加漫长而痛苦。
Living longer, and retiring early, might not be a problem if the supply of workers were increasing.
如果劳动力的供应持续增长，提前退休似乎并不会成为什么问题。
It's important to envision a range of short - and longer-term future scenarios if you're not absolutely sure what your future direction will be.
如果你对你未来的方向不是绝对确定的话，设想一个从短期到长期的未来情景是很重要的。
For the tabloid, that was a useful mitigation in the court of public opinion, if not in law. No longer.
对于《世界新闻报》来说，这将有力的缓和公众舆论所施加的压力，可在法庭上就行不通了。
And even if borrowing levels are rising in the longer term, Banks' role in supplying that credit is not assured.
即使从长期来看，借贷会增加，但并不总是银行在借贷中的发挥作用。
Now if I do what I do not want it is no longer I that do it but sin that lives within me.
若我去作所不愿意作的，就不是我作的,乃是住在我里头的罪作的。
But, if no problems were found and the standby BOS is not necessary any longer, it can be removed by issuing the command shown in Listing 19.
但是，如果更新过程没有出现问题，而且备用BOS不再需要了，那么它可以通过清单19的命令删除。
But, if no problems were found and the standby BOS is not necessary any longer, it can be removed by issuing the command shown in Listing 19.
但是，如果更新过程没有出现问题，而且备用BOS不再需要了，那么它可以通过清单19的命令删除。
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