"Did you live there?"—"Not for long."
“你以前住在那里吗？”—“没住多久。”
These 24 people are strangers now, but not for long.
这24人目前都是陌生人，不过很快就不是了。
By whatever means, a lake is constantly gaining water and losing water: its water does not just sit there, or, anyway, not for long.
不管用什么方法，一个湖泊的水总是在不断地增加和减少：它的水不会只是待在那里，或者待很久。
If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed.
如果尸体没有完全腐烂，尸体会被重新埋在一个较小较廉价的墓地中，不久后，当尸体完全腐烂时，就会被再次挖出来。
I was his friend, but not for long.
我一度是他的朋友，但是并不长久。
但是这种情况或许不会持续太久。
不过这种情况也许不会持续太久。
也许不会太久。
Most people were in bed, though not for long.
大多数人在睡觉，虽然时间不长。
But not for long, at the latest rate of poaching.
但以目前猎杀大象的速度，这种说法将持续不长。
Initial sales were disappointing... but not for long.
最初的销售也让人失望……但这种情况并没有持续太久。
But not for long, perhaps, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
但是在阿联酋(uae)这也许好景不长了。
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long.
我还记得刚入中学时，我还是个优等生，但好景不长。
It will be satisfying for both of you within the first week of your parting, but not for long.
分开的第一周你们都还能适应，但不会长久。
THE Murdoch scandal has pushed bad economic news off Britain’s front pages. But perhaps not for long.
近日，默多克丑闻取代经济新闻占据了英国各大报的头版，但这种情况也许持续不了多久，7月26日，国家统计局将发布2011年第二季度GDP的第一个增长率。
Not for long, though. The startled driver headed to a police station, where the 12 were apprehended.
虽然这也没能持续多久，因为卡车司机受到惊吓，直接开到了警察局，十二个人就当场被逮捕。
Writing just enough code to get the test to compile gave you a passing test this time, but not for long.
编写足够的代码以使测试进行编译此时将为您提供即将通过的测试程序，但不是长期。
We drift around the old centre of Ribadeo with its ornate turn-of-the-20th-century houses, but not for long.
我们在里瓦德奥的老城中心漫步，这里有很多二十世纪初的老房子。
In America Treasury yields fell and stocks rose-but not for long, as equity markets fell again on August 10th.
在美国，国库券收益下降、股票则上涨——但此景不长，8月10日股市再次下跌。
I never expect to call a market bottom, and certainly not for long-cycle assets like houses, but I seem to have come pretty close.
我从未指望能预测到市场底部，当然对楼市这样周期较长的资产更是如此，不过看起来我的预测非常接近事实。
So I plaster on a smiling face and sit down to meaningless chatter, but not for long. Dark thoughts rush back to consciousness; I run upstairs to check the CD player for the third time.
所以，我强迫自己笑，坐下来与别人聊天，但是没过久，不好的念头又出现了，所以我赶紧跑到楼上去，又一次打开CD机，这已经是今晚的第三次了。
Today, the sound of cascading market crashes seems to be drowning both the fretful and the exuberant China-India chatter—but not completely, probably not for long, and not equally in all places.
如今，如瀑布一样的市场衰退的声音一并淹没了焦躁和夸张的关于中印的鼓噪——但是还没有完全淹没，也许不会太久，并且在各个领域情况并不一致。
That means that they live life "energetically"—more intensively, but not for as long.
这意味着他们过着“精力充沛”的生活——更加集中，但不是为了活得长。
We should not put stamps in the light for long.
我们不应该把邮票在光线下放置太长时间。
We should not put stamps in the light for long.
我们不应该把邮票在光线下放置太长时间。
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