It had long been thought that hummingbirds, which forage by day, pollinate its red flowers and that hawkmoths, which forage at night, pollinate its white flowers.
长期以来，人们一直认为，白天觅食的蜂鸟会给它的红色花朵授粉，而晚上觅食的鹰蛾会给它的白色花朵授粉。
Bofore the matter was publicly announced, it had long been in the air.
这件事在公诸于世之前早就传得满城风雨了。
As you can imagine, it had long been out of fashion in Milton's own day.
可以想象，就算是在弥尔顿时期这种诗也早就过时了。
It had long been widely held that the varieties of humankind reflected the action of different climates.
人们长期以来就普遍认可这样的观点，即不同的人种反映了不同的气候作用。
Japan's smoking population now stands at less than 25%, though it had long been considered a smokers' paradise with smoking rates hitting a peak of 49.4% in 1966.
现在日本的吸烟率不到25%，而日本长期以来被认为是烟民的天堂，在1966年，吸烟率达到了49.4%的高点。
It had been a long tiring day.
这一天让人感到又累又长。
It had been a long day and the children were beginning to flag.
这一天真漫长，孩子们都累得打起蔫来。
It had been a long and tiring day.
那是漫长而又累人的一天。
If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago.
换了我，早就把他赶出家门了。
Darwin and Huxley supported the accuracy of John Joly's calculation of Earth's age because it agree with their view of how long evolution had been in progress.
达尔文和赫胥黎肯定了约翰·乔利计算的地球年龄的准确性，因为这与他们关于进化进行了多长时间的观点不谋而合。
It seemed as if for a long time that part had been neglected.
似乎在很长一段时间里，那一部分被忽视了。
Soon it was resolved that everybody should visit the grandmother, who had been left alone so long.
不久，大家都决定去看望奶奶，她已经独自一人呆了很久了。
Greeley provided a humorous description of himself, written under the pretense that it had been the work of his long-time adversary.
格里利用幽默的话语对自己进行了描述，并假装这是他宿敌的作品。
All summer long Heidi had not been up with him a single time; it was too much!
整个夏天海蒂一次也没跟他一起上山；太过分了！
It was because it had been shut up so long that she wanted to see it.
因为它被关封了这么久，所以她想去看看。
He worked on it with the greatest care, but the corn was dying because there had been no rain for a long time.
他悉心地照料着它，但由于长时间未下雨，玉米快枯死了。
Had it not been for his family, He'd have gone away long ago.
要是没有家眷拖累，他早就远走高飞了。
It reminded me of better days, days when my friends and I had fun, and it had been a long, long time since I’d allowed myself to do anything that sounded like fun.
它让我记起了那些更悠闲的日子，那些我和我的朋友们曾经快乐的日子；毕竟我放纵自己去尝试任何听起来好玩的新鲜事物的日子，已经过去很久了。
It reminded me of better days, days when my friends and I had fun, and it had been a long, long time since I'd allowed myself to do anything that sounded like fun.
它让我记起了那些更悠闲的日子，那些我和我的朋友们曾经快乐的日子；毕竟我放纵自己去尝试任何听起来好玩的新鲜事物的日子，已经过去很久了。
It had been a long, costly tragedy, "fuelled on both sides by unreal and exaggerated estimates of the intentions and strength of the other side."
冷战是一场代价巨大的长篇悲剧，“这是由双方对彼此意图和实力的不真实和夸大的估测的激增导致的”。
It was a problem he had been mulling for a long time.
这是他一直反复考虑了很久的问题。
He had once thought to gouge it out, but that had been a long time ago, and as time passed in the silence of the Waste, he had forgotten.
他曾经想过把这个标志挖去，但那是很久以前的事了。在寂静的荒野地，随着时间的流逝，他逐渐忘记了。
It had been a long walk to the top and he was tired.
他走了很长一段路才到山顶的，所以感到浑身乏力。
Although there was no case, it had still been a long day.
虽然这天没有案子，但仍然是漫长的一天。
On my first date with Mark, he asked how long it had been since my last relationship.
我第一次和马克约会，他问我上一次恋爱离现在有多久了。
Moreover, it had been a long time since he had seen him; and this still further augmented the impossibility for Marius' timid and reserved nature.
何况马吕斯又很久没有见到他了，马吕斯的性格本来就腼腆审慎，这更使他不可能去和他交谈了。
The company had long been performing the ceremony in Sapporo, but it had begun to receive inquiries from people in other parts of Japan, where the ritual was less common.
尽管该公司长期在札幌从事业务，但后来却不断收到日本其他地方民众的请求，而在那些地方，入殓仪式并不常见。
So she quizzed me about how much I drank I'm not repeating it here, how long that had been the case ditto, whether I'd ever given up yes!
她问我喝了多少(恕我保密)、这样的情形多久了(同上)，我有没有想过戒酒(是的！)
When I saw her skin, I realised how long it had been since I'd seen a belly without stretchmarks.
当我看见她的皮肤的时候我才明白我有多久没有见过没有皱纹的皮肤了。
It was Olivier, who had long been a faithful admirer of Christophe's music.
他就是奥里维，他长久以来一直是克利斯·朵夫音乐的忠诚崇拜者。
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