Yet as the long-anticipated Astra finally emerges, we have to wonder is it "too little, too late" for this company?

期盼已久的Astra终于面世，我们脑海中浮现出了一个问题：它对于Trillian公司来说，是不是功能不足，而且发布太晚了？

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Though the show's finale got its biggest audience since February of 2008, many fans were disappointed and concluded that the long-anticipated finale raised more questions than it answered.

该剧的大结局创造了自2008年2月以来的收视新高，但粉丝们却对此感到失望。他们断定，尽管对结局翘首以待，但其引出的谜团比揭开的谜底还要多。

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Last week, the world saw Apple's long anticipated tablet device, the iPad (see more articles), for the first time.

上周，期待已久的苹果平板电脑iPad终于首次亮相。

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Appealing for restraint at a news conference, Clinton said she was encouraged by the calm reaction to the naval encounter and said plans for the long-anticipated Bosworth mission are going forward.

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He anticipated this power much as his father, a reasonably well-to-do banker, might have anticipated long-term earnings from a particularly risky business venture.

他预测到他的力量，正如他的父亲，一个相当富有的银行家，能够预测到从一笔风险高的生意中,能获得多少长期利益一样。

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But they say the United States is losing patience with what they see as fruitless overtures to Tehran, and they say they believe that sanctions should be imposed without delay if the long-anticipated visit to Tehran by President Lula fails to produce results.

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Tuesday also brought a deal, with Glencore International agreeing to a long-anticipated merger with mining firm Xstrata.

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With a long-anticipated IPO expected to hit the market sometime in 2012, Zuck will likely get much richer.

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Or, it might have revealed the iPhone 5 as some prime component to its long-anticipated move into TV.

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