And the fight began. It did not last long.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

We are basically committed to each other for sex but it's very hard to make those relationships last a long time because we might not have anything in common, we might not share anything with each other, we might not trust each other, we are not particularly bonded to each other.

我们基本上只有激情的承诺,长时间维持这种关系很困难,因为可能双方没有任何共同点，没有共享的东西，我们可能互不信任，不是特别亲近。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

unless it has really good quality or I think it's going to last me for a really long time.

除非它真的质量很好，或者我认为我真的会用很久。

SOHO的画廊 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"Insurgencies last a long time." "But,as you look at how long it took to turn Iraq around, it was about 18 months.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

It might bend and bow, that is it's not the forces of nature like the movement of the river that's knocking the bridge down, but it's just the failure of these materials over time, that they don't last as long as they might.

这桥可能会折断,不一定是洪水这样的自然灾害,导致了桥梁的坍塌,可能只是因为建桥的材料老化,这种材料没有那么持久耐用

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

So if you can somehow upload a message into DNA, it could last a very,very long time,indeed."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

to make sure that it's going to be a comfortable pair of shoes that last me a long time.

来保证这双鞋很舒服而且可以穿很久。

不需要名牌 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Dollet adds that while there are other Arabic-speaking countries that do not control the Internet as much as Egypt, it is not clear how long that relative freedom will last.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16