Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease.
赌博永远是美国人生活的一个共同特征，但很长一段时间以来，它被广泛地认为是一种罪恶，抑或是一种社会疾病。
Huck waited what seemed a weary long time, but nothing happened.
哈克等了似乎很长时间，但什么事也没发生。
For a long time after this renovation project, it was the tallest building in the United Kingdom, but it was eventually overtaken by the Millbank Tower.
这次翻新项目后的很长一段时间里，它都是英国最高的大楼，但是它最终被米尔班克塔超越了。
It is a long time after they separated, but it won't be long before they meet again.
他们已经分开很长时间了，但不久他们就会再次见面。
I'll have to work really long hours and be away from my family for long stretches of time, but, on the flip side, I'll get the opportunity to travel around the world.
我将不得不长时间工作并长时间远离家人，但另一方面，我将有机会环游世界。
He spoke for a long time but his meaning didn't really come across.
他讲了很久，但并没有人真正理解他的意思。
All this was compatible with older devices so long as there was only one authoritative timekeeper; but with urban growth and the multiplication of time signals, discrepancy brought discord and strife.
所有这些都与旧的设备兼容，只要只有一个权威的计时器；但随着城市的发展和时间信号的倍增，报时的差异导致了不和与冲突。
We protested about the changes for a long time, but in the end we had to submit.
我们对这些变动抗议了很长时间，但最终不得不屈服。
The Aristotelian view held for a long time, but eventually, it started to crumble in the light of more data.
亚里士多德的观点持续了很长一段时间，但最终随着更多数据的出现，它开始瓦解。
It takes a long time to break down prejudices, but we have to keep trying.
消除偏见需要很长时间，但我们仍要不断努力。
It's not cheap, but it made her happy, because she had dreamed of having one for a long time.
它并不便宜，但它让她很开心，因为她一直梦想着拥有一个。
I guess that might work if you have enough boats, but won't it take a long time to build them?
我猜想如果你有足够多的船，这可能行得通，但建造它们不会花很长时间吗？
Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them.
尽管合理建议的提出已有很长时间了，但是监管这个行业的州级机构过于保守，不愿实施。
It goes back to a long time in my life, but most immediately relevant to my own graduate career, which I went to several different schools.
它可以追溯到我生命中的很长一段时间，但与我自己的研究生生涯最直接相关的是，我去了几所不同的学校。
But we did it little by little over quite a long time.
但是我们在很长一段时间里一点一点地做到了。
I have been pondering over this problem for quite a long time but still couldn't puzzle it out.
我想这个问题想了很久，但还是想不出答案。
For a long time biologists believed that male deer used buck rubs not only to clean and polish antlers but also to provide practice for the ensuing male-to-male combat during the rut.
长期以来，生物学家们认为雄鹿擦痕不仅可以清除并磨光鹿茸，还可以借此练习发情期时雄鹿之间的角斗。
I hope I can run for a long time, but I think my knees are probably going to give up.
我希望我能跑很久很久，但我想我的膝盖可能要不行了。
I did break a bone in my foot playing football a long time ago but that's all healed up now.
我很久以前踢足球的时候确实摔断了脚上的一根骨头，不过现在已经完全好了。
We shouted and shouted for help, but for a long time no help came.
我们不停地喊救命，但是很长一段时间都没有人来帮助我们。
One thing happened long time ago, but it has remained in my mind.
有件事虽然发生在很久以前了，但它一直留在我的脑海里。
In the past, New Story built its houses in a normal way, but it took a long time.
过去，New Story用常规的方式来建造房屋，但这要花很长时间。
In fact, there is another type of friend—one that has not been with us for a long period of time, but fills our mind at some moment.
事实上，还有另一种朋友，他虽然很长一段时间没有和我们在一起，但却会在某个时刻充满我们的心灵。
The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, but when he was asked for advice, the businessman stopped for a while and then said, "I have no advice to give."
经理和商人谈了很长一段时间，但当商人被问及建议时，他停顿了一会儿，然后说：“我没有什么建议可以给你。”
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。
If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed.
如果尸体没有完全腐烂，尸体会被重新埋在一个较小较廉价的墓地中，不久后，当尸体完全腐烂时，就会被再次挖出来。
People often talk of goldfish having three-second memories, but in fact they can learn all kinds of things, and remember them for quite a long time.
人们常说金鱼的记忆只有三秒钟，但实际上它们能学会各种各样的东西，而且能记住很长时间。
I spent a long time trying to talk him round, but he just wouldn't listen.
我劝了他半天，他就是不听。
It is true that these changes take a long time, but not as long as we might expect.
这些变化需要一些长的时间是事实，但不像我们所可能预期的那样久。
But recovery may be a long time coming.
但是，复苏可能需要一段很长的时间。
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