This letter, I know, is long past due .

我知道，这封信早就该写了。

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The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.

汽车发烧友能够自己修理汽车的年代已成往事，这根源于高度集成的软件系统。

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Done a long time programmer, really want a real web of their own past, due to various circumstances, all kinds of excuses, never realized this small desire.

做了许久的程序员，真的想做一个真正属于自己的网站，以前由于各种情况，各种借口，一直没有实现这个小小的愿望。

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It is also long past due that the "wink and nod" approach to state-owned Chinese companies listing in the U.S. equity markets come to an abrupt end.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The transfer of ownership of state assets to private owners will not be a new and decisive act, but simply the correct settlement of bills long past due.

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Scientists, and now economists, are telling us that we are long past due for a more honest accounting of the true costs of carbon dioxide, which is being emitted into the atmosphere largely at zero cost.

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