The Obama administration says the earlier those in trouble can get help, the more chance for long-term success.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

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

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Stocks have paid 4% more a year over this incredibly long time period than short-term bonds.

股票在相当长的一段时间里,每年都比短期债券投资收益率,高出4个百分点。

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But some Democratic lawmakers contend the long-term key to defeating the insurgency in Afghanistan is not to send more foreign troops, but to speed training of Afghan security forces.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The red line is long-term interest rates, but I won't talk more about that right now.

红色的线是长期利率,这节课不会谈论

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Also, they've paid much more than long-term-- well it's not so different.

同样地，股票也比长期债券回报率高-,但不像短期那样差那么多。

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I have stocks, bonds, and oil but I want also to add one more final asset, we'll call it the riskless asset, long-term bonds are somewhat uncertain and variable because they're long-term.

有股票，债券和石油,我还想再增加最后一种资产，我们称之为无风险资产，由于长期债券持有期限很长,存在一定不确定性及风险。

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