The newspaper article was the opening salvo in what proved to be a long battle.
报上那篇文章是一场长期论战的开篇第一炮。
Before you set out to have a long walk, your shoelaces should be fastened.
在你出发进行长距离散步之前，你要先系好鞋带。
The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
通向和平的路将是漫长而延宕的。
She knows that becoming world champion is going to be a long haul.
她知道要成为世界冠军需要长时间的艰苦努力。
The dog's main duty will be to accompany me on long nocturnal walks.
那只狗的主要职责将是陪我走长途夜路。
I don't want to be away from home for too long.
我不想离家时间太长。
How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
他还能这样做多久是一个未知数。
You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend.
你需要一大串数据才能认清这一趋势。
It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall.
过不了多久，通货膨胀的数字就会开始下降。
Long hair for men seems to be coming back in.
男子留长发好像又在流行了。
"What's happened to her?"—"I'm sure she won't be long."
“她出什么事了？”— “我肯定她马上就到了。”
It's going to be a long race, a hard race.
明天将会是一场漫长而艰难的比赛。
Not long afterward I will be the volunteer to welcome exchanged students from America.
不久之后，我将成为志愿者，欢迎来自美国的交换生。
The effects also seem to be long lasting.
这种影响似乎也会持续很长时间。
You have to be prepared for a long wait, maybe after two years.
你必须做好长期等待的准备，也许要等到两年之后。
From the long-term point of view, that's what education really ought to be about.
从长远来看，这才是教育真正应该做的。
She had not known him long enough to be sure.
她认识他的时间还不够长，还不能肯定。
Was it long enough to be sure it was a big cat?
这个时间足够确定那是一种大型猫科动物吗？
It's my first time to be in the long jump.
这是我第一次参加跳远比赛。
You are going to be a sorry boy before very long.
你很快就会后悔的。
Nondisposable products are less expensive in the long term but can be costly to repair.
长期来看，非一次性产品的价格较低，但维修成本较高。
We must be long-headed to face up to the problem.
我们必须有远见地正视这个问题。
However, some oval faces tend to be on the long side.
但是有些鹅蛋脸从一边看上去越看越长。
But the air was too fresh and chill to be long breathed with comfort.
但这破窗而入的空气又过于清冷，使他无法坦然地长久吸取。
The entire outline might be 2 to 5 pages long.
整个提纲应该写2到5段那么长。
The journey turned out to be long and boring.
整个旅程漫长而乏味。
Everyone wants to be somebody so long as that somebody is not himself.
人人都想成为某人，只要那个人不是自己。
But he was too good to be thoroughly unhappy long.
但是他太善良了，不会长久地完全不快乐的。
But those who know what it means to be Man long to be anything but.
但是，他们长久以来都知道他们是人，而不是任何东西。
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