"But how long can you stay in the house?"—"I don't know. It depends."
“但你能在这屋里待多久？” — “不知道，这要看情况而定。”
But how long will it take to get there and what needs to happen to reach that pinnacle?
但是，要多久才能达到那一步以及如果到达顶峰将会发生什么事情呢？
Customer: OK. But how long will I have to wait? Is it going to be more than 30 minutes?
顾客：好的，不过我得等多久啊？会超过三十分钟吗？
Wonderful ! Nice food and good service. But how long wiil it take us to get to the hotel?
很愉快，吃的好，服务也不错，请问我们要多久才能到达宾馆？
Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?
躯体是座圣庙，但在你重新装饰它之前，又能在同样的房子里住上多久呢？
But how long can the present situation continue?This is a problem that all of the people are concerned.
可眼下的火红能够持续多久?这是所有人都关心的问题。
But how long can you keep a lid on the aspirations, and the needs, of some of the world's most talented players?
然而，你能将这个世界上最具天分球员的渴望、需求抑制多久？人们说，战士就是用来打仗的。
So it's no surprise that all these opposing forces are held in some kind of balance - but how long can it be kept up?
我们对于能在所有这些反对的声音下能保持平衡不怎么奇怪，但是这种情况还能保持多久呢？
But how long women must stay on an SSRI to keep PMS or PMDD at bay depends on whether they have PMS or PMDD, a new study has found.
但是，女性必须服用SSRI多久才能控制PMS或PMDD有赖于他们是否有PMS或PMDD症状，一份新研究发现。
We can see beauty well enough just by opening our eyes, but how long this beauty survives in memory depends on how intentionally we have apprehended it.
只要将眼睛睁开，我们就能看到许多美景，但这份美将在记忆里存留多久，这取决于我们有多用心去领会它的内涵。
But if silent genes degrade within 6 to 10 million years, how can long-lost traits be reactivated over longer timescales?
但是，如果沉默基因在600万到1000万年内退化，那么失去已久的性状如何在更长的时间内被重新激活呢？
I asked how long he was staying, but he fudged the answer.
我问他要待多久，但他含糊其辞。
Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision.
收藏家们很珍惜卡利岛上制作的古代真人大小的泥人雕像，但长期以来一直想知道卡里亚的艺术家们是如何能够以如此逼真的精度描绘人体的。
Dogs have long been considered a human's best friend—but over the years they've really proved how skilful they can be.
长期以来，狗一直被认为是人类最好的朋友，但多年来，它们确实证明了自身的能力。
Scratchy throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able to tell if the cause is a cold or flu may make a difference in how long the misery lasts.
喉咙发痒、鼻塞和身体疼痛都会带来痛苦，但若能分辨出是感冒还是流感导致的，就可能改变痛苦持续的时间。
Life is like a story. What matters is not how long it is but how good it is.
人生就像一个故事。重要的不是它有多长，而是它有多好。
It has been celebrated for so long, but nobody exactly knows how it started.
人们已经庆祝它很久了，但没有人确切地知道它是如何开始的。
We really don't know a lot about how long a wood frog normally lives, probably just a few years but there is no evidence its longevity.
对于一只树蛙通常能活多久，我们确实知道得不多，可能只有几年，但没有证据表明它能长寿。
Not how long you lived, but how you lived.
不在于你活了多久，而是你是怎么活的？
What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.
重要的不是你的寿命有多长，而是你的生命付出了多少。
No one knows how long this growth process takes, but it may go on for years.
没人知道这个过程究竟有多长，但可能会持续几年。
We plan to keep rates near zero for as long as it takes, but we won't tell you how long that is.
我们计划让利率在尽可能长的时间内保持在零，但并不会透露持续时间。
You know it's going to be a long journey, but you don't know just how long!
你知道那将是漫长的旅程，而你又不知道何时才会走到尽头。
Just like that night in Menlo Park when Edison and his team knew their bulb would light but had no idea how long it would stay lit, we were staring at the glimmer of our own light bulb moments.
正如当初在新泽西州的门洛帕克小镇上的那个夜晚，爱迪生和他的团队知道他们发明的灯泡会亮，但不知道它会亮多久，我们正凝视着我们自己的顿悟瞬间。
He sounds modest. But for how long?
他貌似谦虚的姿态能持续多久？
But if it's so obvious, how come for so long people have not realized it?
可是如果这一点真是那么显而易见，缘何长久以来人们就是意识不到呢？
But we also want to know how long the project is likely to take, rather than just how bad things could be.
但我们还想知道项目将会持续多久，而不是仅仅知道情况可能会有多糟。
But we also want to know how long the project is likely to take, rather than just how bad things could be.
但我们还想知道项目将会持续多久，而不是仅仅知道情况可能会有多糟。
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