This wall may work as well and last as long but it is not as pleasing to look at as the one built by hand.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

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

Well, is this the same body as the-- as the long bone-- ? a fleshly bone that was here last week?

这个躯体-,和上周站在这里的-,那个躯体是一样的吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"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

We're desperately hungry", as Marcus empathizes with, "we're desperately hungry. You're not going to last long anyhow."

我们实在太饿了，马库斯对此感同身受啊，我们实在太饿了，反正你也活不久了“

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

As for how long the recession will last, Bryson predicts that the economy could turn positive by the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

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