The average time for holding a stock in both the United States and Britain, he notes, has dropped from seven years to seven months in recent decades.
他特别提到，最近几十年，无论是在美国还是在英国，持有一支股票的平均时间都从七年下降到了七个月。
Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.
他比同级别的大多数官员大5岁，他决心弥补自己失去的时光。
It took two years for me to get better, during which time he spoon-fed me and did absolutely everything around the house.
我花了两年时间才好起来，在此其间他用勺子喂我进食，并承担全部的家务。
Time flew and years later he saw her again.
时间飞逝，几年后他又见到了她。
When he was 5 years old, his younger brother died, and around the same time, Charles started to lose his sight.
在他5岁的时候，他的弟弟去世了，大约在同一时间，查尔斯开始失明。
At that time, my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
那时，我的小弟弟大约四岁，他一直想念妈妈。
For almost 60 years, he had given most of his time and energy to rice research.
近60年来，他把大部分时间和精力都花在了水稻研究上。
Though Mr. Li has been away from his hometown for over ten years, he misses his old friends from time to time.
虽然李先生离开家乡已有十多年了，但他不时地会想念老朋友。
Becoming a full-time, successful actor would still be an uphill battle for another eight years until he landed a number of film roles that finally got him noticed.
在接下来的八年里，成为一名全职的成功演员仍然是一场艰苦的战斗，直到他获得了一些电影角色，最终让他得到了关注。
In those years he had a very hard time making a living for his family.
那些年他要养家，日子很难过。
In his later years, he devoted all his time to a novel which proved to be a best-loved book.
到了晚年，他用全部时间写成了这本令人百读不厌的小说。
He added: "Forty years on, now is the right time and Liverpool is the right place to study the Beatles."
他说：“披头士乐队解散已有四十年之久，现在是个合适的时候，而且利物浦也是个合适的地点。”
"As soon as everyone starts wanting to become a banker," he told a newspaper years later, "it is a good time to leave."
多年后，他在接受一家报纸采访时说，“等到每个人都想成为银行家的时候，就是应该离开的时候了。”
Although he's also spending more time with family, his sons are well into the teenage years, "and progressively want less of my time," he said.
虽然他与家人呆的时间更长了，但是他的儿子也早已过了青春年少之时，也不需要我太长时间陪他们。
For the first time in 15 years, he has promised, France Telecom will expand its workforce.
他承诺公司会增加雇员，这是法国电信15年来第一次增员。
In this case it is a strongly downward one, which Mr Obama will want to reverse before he goes before the voters in two years' time.
这张图表的曲线明显呈下行趋势，奥巴马先生希望在两年后，面对选民之前扭转这种趋势。
The tax, which will apply to both existing and newly purchased homes, may be based on appraised value of property in three or five years' time, he said.
他说，基于三年到五年的财产评估，这项房地产征税法将试点于已购房和新购房。
God waited four thousand years, till the fullness of time, ere he sent His Son.
神在差遣祂儿子到世上来以前，自己曾等候了四千年，为的是要等候最适当的时期。
After treatment he was again admitted to the hospital this time voluntarily for 9 years were he given shock therapy.
接受治疗9年后，他又再度被强行入院进行休克治疗。
This may be the first time in 11 years that he has failed to do so.
这回可能是他11年来头一次自食其言。
There was a time, after he had spent years drifting, when Saravanan's life seemed promising.
离家之后，他花费数年时间到处流浪。
Asked by a Japanese reporter in 1966 what he wished to be in ten years' time, Coltrane replied simply that he wanted to be a saint.
当1966年一个日本记者问他10年后想成为什么人时，柯川简单地回答说他想成为一个圣人。
Asked by a Japanese reporter in 1966 what he wished to be in ten years' time, Col trane replied simply that he wanted to be a saint.
当1966年一个日本记者问他10年后想成为什么人时，柯川简单地回答说他想成为一个圣人。
And for the first time in four years, he cried.
4年来，他头一次哭了。
The old man looked at the picture, he felt as though he had gone back to time 20 years ago.
(用过去完成式表示与过去相反的事实)那老人看着照片，他觉得仿佛回到20年前的时光。
For the first time after so many years, he came back to his hometown, a small village in Texas.
第一次，他回到了他许多年以来从未回过的老家，德克·萨斯的一个小村庄。
But Frank married Lillian when he was 36, after he had done much of his time-and-motion work and years after he had set up his own engineering consulting business.
但是法兰克和莉莉恩结婚时已经36岁，在那以前他已经进行了大量的时间-动作研究工作，更于早年创办了自己的工程咨询业务。
But Frank married Lillian when he was 36, after he had done much of his time-and-motion work and years after he had set up his own engineering consulting business.
但是法兰克和莉莉恩结婚时已经36岁，在那以前他已经进行了大量的时间-动作研究工作，更于早年创办了自己的工程咨询业务。
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