We may get one, but even if we did, it would only be for a couple more years.
但即使如此，我们也只是多获得了几年时间而已。
I have a couple more years on my contract and that's it, I'm an Arsenal player.
我的合同还有几年，就是这样。我是一个阿森纳球员。
But Hollywood executives fear the glut created by the recent spate of overproduction is going to be felt for at least a couple more years.
不过，好莱坞高层人士担心，最近几年电影多产带来的供应过剩问题在未来几年内还将继续存在。
Telling rich people that we'll keep their taxes low for a couple more years is, for them, a transitory income gain; they'll save the bulk of it.
告诉富人们我们这一两年会少征他们的税，这对他们来说，这就是一笔临时性收入所得；他们会将其中大部分存起来。
This unit produced an underlying pre-tax loss of $7 billion in 2008--a couple more years like that would knock a sixth or so off HSBC’s core capital.
消费信贷业务在2008年发生了70亿美金税前损失 — 如果这种态势再持续几年，将会将汇丰的核心资本减少六分之一。
However, given that most stock indices peaked only around mid-2007, equity prices could still take a couple more years for a sustained rebound, at least by historical benchmarks.
个中滋味标普500已有所体会。但是，考虑到大多数的股指都仅在07年中期有过飙升，那么，股票价格可能仍将花上两年多的时间来实现持续反弹，至少，达到历史基准需要那么长的时间。
He'd been diagnosed with, if I recall correctly, cancer as a freshmen — and his doctor had told him that he pretty much had no chance of recovery and indeed had only a couple more years to live.
他大一的时候就被诊断出癌症，如果我没记错的话——他的医生告诉他，他基本上没有治愈的可能了，并且实际上只有几年时间存活了。
After a couple of years, Robin Warren and I knew more about every aspect of ulcers than practically everyone in the world, because we read nothing else for two years.
几年以后，罗宾·沃伦和我比世界上任何人都知道更多关于胃溃疡的事情，因为两年内我们没有阅读其他任何东西。
After rallying for a while, the Teixeira family is sliding backwards, struggling more than it did a couple of years ago.
在特谢拉家境好转了一段时间之后，他们又回到了老样子，甚至比前几年更加艰难。
You gotta think though that over a couple of thousand years, if there are still a pile of vases each in one piece, there must have been many more that were dropped and got broken over the years.
您一定会想，如果有一批陶制花瓶能完好无损地留存至今，那么在两千多年的沧桑中，就会有更多的花瓶落得破碎的下场。
What's more, following rules introduced a couple of years ago, they refrained from routing orders through the NYSE because it was not functioning as normal.
更有甚者，几年前采用了以下规定，禁止通过纽约证交所进行买卖盘传递，因为该证交所不能正常运作。
Traffic in downtown Harare is a lot more clogged than a couple of years ago-and not just because many of the traffic lights are still not working.
哈拉雷市中心的交通也比几年前更拥挤了，当然这不仅仅是因为很多红绿灯仍旧处于瘫痪状态。
In the case of more amicable divorces, financial advisers andlawyers may urge a couple who have been married eight years to wait until thedependent spouse qualifies.
在比较平和的离婚案件中，财经顾问和律师们也许会要求已经结婚八年的夫妻去等上一段时间，直到财政上依赖对方的那一方符合条件。
For many countries a more momentous shock over the past couple of years has been the soaring price of commodities, which politicians have also blamed on financial speculation.
在过去几年中，很多国家受到了商品价格高涨的冲击，政客们也被指责参与金融投机。
Btw, that's not the brightest idea - you should run for a couple years before attempting marathon training, or it'll be much, much more difficult for you.
(顺便说一下，那不是一个聪明的想法——你应该在练习数年后再尝试马拉松训练，否则的话，对你来说，那将是一件非常非常困难的事)。
The Low Pay Commission, the quango which sets the floor wage, contests this notion, but has been raising it at a more moderate pace in the past couple of years.
设定最低工资的半官方机构低收入委员会对此观点提出质疑，但是在过去的几年里讲最低工资的上涨幅度放慢了一些。
However, I take this as a good sign that over the next couple years we might see some more reasonably priced competitors.
尽管如此，我仍然认为这是一个不错的信号，未来几年，我们应该能看到标价更为合理的竞争者。
A couple of years ago the game's owners, a Californian firm called Blizzard Entertainment, accidentally spiced things up by releasing a plague far more virulent than they had intended.
数年前，一个叫暴雪娱乐的加州游戏开发和运营公司偶然通过发布比他们预期的更致命的“瘟疫”来增加游戏的趣味性。
They could be permitted to defer its payment, but if it were for more than a couple of years it would be a good indication they should be wound down.
他们可能获准延迟支付，但如果过了几年还是不能支付，这就很好的表明了这些银行应该缩小规模了。
You really should compare against a couple years further back for more normal times.
你们更应该将该结果与再早几年的正常时期相比较。
The main reason the tandem held together for more than a couple of years was that each of the entrepreneurs brought something valuable to the table.
这个双头组合维持超过数年时间的主要原因在于：两位企业家各自都提供了有价值的东西。
A couple of years ago, John did a bit of soul-searching in his travels, but now he's got a kid and is more of a homebody.
几年前旅行的时候，约翰还进行一些自我反省。但现在有了孩子后，他完全是个宅男了。
The bright spot in a drab employment picture is that workers have been stretched so thin during the past couple years that companies are going to have to (gasp!) hire more.
灰暗的就业前景中存在一丝亮点：过去几年雇员人数已压至如此之低，企业将不得不增聘人手(啊哈！)
This couple has successfully managed to live together for more than two-and-a-half years.
这对夫妻已成功地共同生活了两年半以上。
A couple of years ago, her family's diet comprised little more than potatoes, rice, and pasta.
两年前，他们吃的还不外乎土豆、米饭和面食。
I started ProBlogger back in 2004 (after blogging for a couple of years on other blogs) with a suspicion that making money from blogs would be something that would become more and more common.
我在2004年开始ProBlogger(比其他博客晚几年)，在其他人还在怀疑的时候，我相信博客赚钱会成为潮流。
Within a couple of years, more than half of the women—many of whom had never fancied themselves consumers of $1,300 purses—abandoned their counterfeits for authentic items.
在几年之内，多半主妇（其中很多人从未幻想过要购买1300美元的女包）就会扔掉那些山寨包转而购买正品。
Within a couple of years, more than half of the women—many of whom had never fancied themselves consumers of $1,300 purses—abandoned their counterfeits for authentic items.
在几年之内，多半主妇（其中很多人从未幻想过要购买1300美元的女包）就会扔掉那些山寨包转而购买正品。
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