The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.
架子长约一米。嗯，精确地说，是98厘米。
The newspaper article was the opening salvo in what proved to be a long battle.
报上那篇文章是一场长期论战的开篇第一炮。
The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
通向和平的路将是漫长而延宕的。
Tiles can be fixed to any surface as long as it's flat, firm and dry.
瓷砖可以固定在任何表面上，只要这些表面是平整、坚固、干燥的。
Experts say testing needs to be done on each contaminant to determine the long-term effects on humans.
专家说需要对每种污染物进行测试，以查明对人类的长期影响。
She knows that becoming world champion is going to be a long haul.
她知道要成为世界冠军需要长时间的艰苦努力。
The dog's main duty will be to accompany me on long nocturnal walks.
那只狗的主要职责将是陪我走长途夜路。
The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.
长远目标一定是销毁所有的核武器。
"None of us has any idea how long we're going to be here."—"Nor do I."
“我们当中没人知道我们将要在这儿呆多久。”—“我也不知道。”
They both smiled; neither seemed likely to be aware of my absence for long.
他们两个人都笑了，看来都没意识到我离开了很长时间。
I don't want to be away from home for too long.
我不想离家时间太长。
Sorting these papers out is going to be a long job.
整理这些文件是很费工夫的事。
How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
他还能这样做多久是一个未知数。
Don't be too long about it or you'll find someone has beaten you to it.
别耽搁太久，否则你会发现已经有人抢在你前面了。
You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend.
你需要一大串数据才能认清这一趋势。
It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall.
过不了多久，通货膨胀的数字就会开始下降。
Long hair for men seems to be coming back in.
男子留长发好像又在流行了。
"What's happened to her?"—"I'm sure she won't be long."
“她出什么事了？”— “我肯定她马上就到了。”
Permanent towers, called derricks, used to be built to handle the long sections of drilling pipe.
被称为井架的永久性的塔，过去是为处理长距离钻探管道而建的。
Similar machines have flown in space aboard NASA's shuttles, but they couldn't be tested for long enough to prove whether they were effective.
类似的机器也曾搭乘美国宇航局的航天飞机在太空中飞行，但无法进行时间足够长的测试来证明它们是否有效。
It's going to be a long race, a hard race.
明天将会是一场漫长而艰难的比赛。
Not long afterward I will be the volunteer to welcome exchanged students from America.
不久之后，我将成为志愿者，欢迎来自美国的交换生。
The effects also seem to be long lasting.
这种影响似乎也会持续很长时间。
You have to be prepared for a long wait, maybe after two years.
你必须做好长期等待的准备，也许要等到两年之后。
A long struggle will be needed to avoid a future of digital feudalism.
我们需要进行长期的斗争，避免未来出现数字封建主义。
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