American officials say it will take at least two years for what one official called a meaningful measure of progress toward long-term stability.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

If things didn't work out long term, they still have a spot for me I think if I want to go back and finish my MBA it's just not that high risk when you get right down to it.

如果长期下来不行的话，他们仍然偏爱我的话，我想我可以,回来读完工管硕士，实际去做的话困难并不大。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

Yeah. So what I think of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a very long-term conflict that has lasted for a long long time.

是的，所以我认为巴以冲突,是一个长期的冲突,它已经持续了很长的时间。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He says the final goal of the work is to develop a long-term plan to operate and protect the tomb for years to come.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

Adjustable rate mortgages have a long term -they might last for thirty years -but the interest rate is not fixed for the whole thirty years.

可调利率抵押贷款的期限很长,也许会长达30年,但是利率在30年间并不是固定的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Yarn is a general term for long pieces of interlocked fibers.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

They're used by the body for pretty immediate energy where fat is a little bit more long-term energy, and there are many types of sugars-- and these are things that you've heard-- glucose and sucrose being the most common things that you can consume in ordinary foods, and then lactose of course, from milk.

碳水化合物被身体当做是直接能源,而脂肪则更像是一种长期能量,糖的种类有很多,这些类型你们已经听说过,葡萄糖和蔗糖是最常见的形态,你们可以在一般的食物中获取,乳糖,显然来自于乳类

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"We believe that,long term, Mexico is going to be a wonderful opportunity for retirees to live,the cost of medical services and health-related issues, but also the overall cost of living in Mexico is far lower."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

But it says that has allowed some long-standing disputes among national and regional leaders to re-emerge and become a concern for the long term.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

"Afghanistan fully endorses President Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as the new assessment by General McChrystal particularly their emphasis on the need for a comprehensive and long-term strategy,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

And he said in order to keep terrorist groups out of Afghanistan for the long term, the United States must help the country establish what he called "a more capable and accountable" government.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"This conference gives us all an opportunity to reignite its path to progress by working as a team with Haiti at the helm to advance a comprehensive, long-term strategy for Haiti's growth, by coordinating hemispheric and international efforts, by targeting clear goals, by setting benchmarks to gauge our progress, and deploying our diverse skills and resources efficiently and effectively."

VOA: standard.2009.04.14