Once upon a time, but not so long ago, Daisy and Lily were in the hospital.
从前，也不算太久之前，小菊和百合在医院里。
Give things names that are long and clear enough that you understand what they are, but not so long and awkward that they make the code less readable.
所给出的命名应该尽量长且足够清晰以便您能理解其含义，但也不能过长或太过怪异，如果这样，代码的可读性就会受到影响。
In springtime, Florida becomes the host of a beachside bacchanal for college students, but not so long ago, it was a relatively low-key tourist destination.
春天的佛罗里达成了大学生狂欢的海滨胜地，不过不久之前，这儿还是个人气不怎么高的旅游景点。
For example, the ostrich has plumage that is so constructed that the feathers are long but not too dense.
例如，鸵鸟的羽毛构造使它的羽毛长而不密。
Today's spaceships are fine for getting things into space, but they are not so good at travelling long distances.
现在的宇宙飞船可以把东西送入太空，但它们不太适合远距离飞行。
So I think this is going to be a long jong thing. Nobody can see how quickly but I would not bet on it finishing soon.
所以我觉得渡过此次危机是一个漫长的过程，没人可以预见到底什么时候能过去，但是我打赌应该不会太快。
"We are not sure of the data yet, but we believe if people have short hair they do not need to use their hair driers for so long and they will use less water," she said.
“我们还不确定数据如何显示，但是我们相信如果大家都梳短发，那么就不会用那么久吹风机来吹干头发，也不会用很多水来洗头了”，她说。
If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.
如果效益不好他们应该减少红利，但是公司不愿意这样做，是因为这样显得很糟糕，所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利。
It sounds fanciful. But so too, not that long ago, did rapid and routine intercontinental air travel.
这听起来有点异想天开，但很久以前，洲际快速航空旅行也被如此认为。
So here he's saying that up to a point our genetics, or inherited characteristics, will affect how long we live, but they're not the only factor.
所以他说基因，或者遗传特征，将影响我们的寿命，但那不是唯一的因素。
In the past I always held that as long as you tried your best, everything was possible. But now it turns out not to be so.
以前老觉得，只要自己用心了，没有做不成的事情，现在看来真的不是这样。
Change brings risks-how could it not after so long? -but.
变革意味着冒险——历时如此长久之后，它怎么会不是呢？
I'm not sure why Sun waited so long to introduce the changes, but they are welcome additions to the series of available helper methods.
我无法确定为什么Sun要等这么久才进行更改，但是对于可用的帮助器方法系列来说，这些更改是受欢迎的添加。
So what if we want a word that is not famous for being long, but a word that describes something real.
所以，如果我们想要的不是因为长而出名的单词，而是一个描述真实的事物的词呢？
So what if we want a word that is not famous for being long, but a word that describes something real. What's the longest one of those?
所以，如果我们想要的不是因为长而出名的单词，而是一个描述真实的事物的词呢？它们中最长的是什么？
"I've been hairy for so long that it just seems normal to me," says Burton, "but I do feel that at the moment women do not have a choice about hair."..
伯顿说：“我这么长时间一直长有毛发以至于我认为这对我来说很正常”“但是我在此刻的确觉得女人关于长有发是没有选择的余地的。”
Banks could rediscount the bills with the ECB but they would not do so as long as they earned more on the bills than on the cash.
银行可以拿这些国债与欧洲央行进行再贴现，但只要这些国债的收益比现金高，它们就不会这样做。
So long methods not only do too much work, but they require too much work to understand!
长方法不仅完成太多的工作，也需要人们费很大的劲去理解！
One has to wonder what each person is doing today, but I know what they are feeling – that was me not so long ago.
虽然很难了解别人每天都在干什么，但我知道他们都在想什么——因为我不久前也有同样感受。
Yet Japan's real mistake was not that it allowed the yen to rise, but that it had previously resisted an appreciation for too long, so that when it did happen the yen soared.
然而，日本真正的错误不在于允许日元升值，而在于先去太长一段时间拒绝升值，因此当这发生时，日元的升值过于剧烈。
But the long-term strength and reliability of adhesives has not been proved, so most people who work in glass think an all-glued structure is a long way off.
但是粘接技术的长期强度和可靠性还未得到证明。因此许多玻璃相关产业的从业人员都认为全粘接的结构还有很长的路要走。
That any traces at all remain from so long ago is astounding, and anyway it is not the completeness of the fossil record but its consistency that matters.
这些延伸到过去的印迹令人震撼，虽然这些并不是全部的线索，但是重要在于化石记录着过去到现在的连带关系。
In some ways, the surprise is not that this is happening now but that it has taken so long.
在某种程度上，让人吃惊的不是正在发生着什么，而是历经了这么久才发生这样的事。
For outsiders, entering the town is not quite so difficult, but it can involve long waits and searches.
对于外面的人，入城并不会如此困难，但要等很久，还要接受形形色色的盘查。
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？
The same problem can occur even if the statistics were collected before but have not been refreshed for so long that they are now obsolete.
如果统计数据是以前收集的，但很长时间没有刷新且已经过时，也会出现这个问题。
For Rinke, who grew up in Zimbabwe but has lived here since 1981, the lessons of the past are that race relations need not be a lovefest so long as there is civility.
对于林克这种出生在津巴布韦、但在1981年就生活在南非的人来说，过去的教训标明，种族关系的调和不需要大张旗鼓，只需要和平共处。
For Rinke, who grew up in Zimbabwe but has lived here since 1981, the lessons of the past are that race relations need not be a lovefest so long as there is civility.
对于林克这种出生在津巴布韦、但在1981年就生活在南非的人来说，过去的教训标明，种族关系的调和不需要大张旗鼓，只需要和平共处。
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