But not too long; the longer he took, the greater the tension and expectation, and the better his answer had to be.
但时间并不长；他拖延的时间越长，紧张和期盼则越大，他的答复效果就会越好。
It has figured out the best length for free teasers in various niches: long enough to pique the user's interest, but not too long to keep him from paying for more.
它研究得到了不同类型的预览片的最佳长度：长到足以挑起观看者的兴趣，但又不能太长以致他不会付钱购买全片。
The study's finding strongly suggests that the real reason why scientists over forty rarely produce highly creative work is not due to age but rather because most have spent too long in their fields.
这项研究的发现有力地表明，40岁以上的科学家很少能做出高度创造性的工作的真正原因不是年龄，而是因为大多数人在他们的领域花了太长时间。
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。
The problem some people have with homework is not that they find it too hard, or that it takes too long, but that they forget what they have to do and for when.
有些人在做作业时遇到的问题不是他们觉得太难，或者作业时间太长，而是他们忘记了必须做什么以及什么时候做。
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。
But there's more, and this is why novels are long: - not too long, not too short, but of a certain length — of a certain magnitude, as Aristotle puts it.
但是当然还有很多别的东西，要不这本书也不会那么长：，不是太长，但也不短，刚刚好能说明清楚问题的长度-，亚里士多德这么评价。
Or, even worse, you start early and get a few minor things done (not a bad idea by itself), but then feel satisfied that you've made progress and wait too long to get the hard parts completed.
或者更糟的是，你开始得倒挺早，处理了些细枝末节的事(这本身倒还不错)，但后来感觉自己做出了点成效，便心满意足，等过了太久才去处理棘手的事项。
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！
If they are harvested too early, they will not have enough sugar. But carrots loose their sweetness if you wait too long to pull them from the ground.
如果它们过早被收获，它们的含糖量就会不足，但如果你等的时间很长才把它们从土地拔出，它们也会失去它们的甜味。
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。
My arms and legs were too long, not for the suits, which my mother had let down for me, but for my own movements.
我的胳膊和腿太长，穿不了那套西装，我妈妈为我感到很惋惜，但我则不以为然。
Furthermore, long waits in a queue are not just bad for customers' health but for the company's reputation too, the study found.
此外，研究发现，长时间的排队等待并不仅仅对客户的健康有害，也对公司的声誉有影响。
Men and women pursue and cling to inappropriate partners for far too long, because genes are not out for anyone's interests but their own.
由于基因只是发出它们自己的利益而非人们的，所以男女总是追求、依附不适当的伴侣。
"Humanity's long-term problem is not going to be too many children, but too few," said the institute's President, Steven Mosher.
“人类长期存在的问题不是孩子太多，而是太少，”该学会的负责的史蒂文。莫舍说。
Before you next light up a cigarette, consider how it could impact not only on your own long-term hearing but your friends' and relatives' too.
下次你点燃一支香烟前，请想想抽烟不仅影响你自己以后的听力而且也会影响你亲朋的听力。
If the estimated schedule is too long, customers and bosses will pressure you to shorten it — not because of flaws in your analysis but simply because they want it to be shorter.
如果你给出的预计开发时间太长，你的客户或老板可能会对你施加压力，希望你缩短开发日程。这不是因为你的分析预测有任何瑕疵，而只是因为他们希望在更短的时间内完成。
Mr Cooley, from horseback, told them not to sit around too long, but to get on with mopping up the fire.
马背上的厄尔先生让他们不要坐太久，必须继续扫尾工作。
My mat and sleeping bag on the hangar floor will not be too uncomfortable but huge cargo planes roaring down the runway just a few hundred yards away might make it for another long night.
垫在飞机棚地板上的垫子和睡袋感觉还可以，不过几百码外大型货机滑入跑道的轰鸣声让今晚成为又一个漫长之夜。
But if you wait too long to teach him then he’s not going to listen.
但是不要等到他长大不听话了才去教育他。
Sometimes, people cry, not because they are weak, but because they have been strong for too long.
有时候，人们之所以哭泣，并不是因为软弱，而是因为他们坚强了太久。
The only case that is left, when the first two cases are false, is that more items were shipped than were ordered, or not enough were shipped, but the restocking time is too long.
当前两种情况均为 False时，剩下的唯一一种情况就是发送的商品超过订购的商品，或者是没有足够的商品发送，而且重新进货的时间又太长。
You can probably guess from this that pacman is our package manager, but this stage should not take too long, as you only have a minimal environment at this stage.
你可能会猜想，pacman是我们的软件管理器，但是这个阶段不会持续很久，因为你在这个阶段只有很小的系统环境。
But there, too, it may not be long before economic pressures push Congress to shrink the deficit's size.
但是同时，也不排除在短时间内迫于经济压力可能推动国会削减赤字规模。
Carrie joined us later, but did not stay long, saying the smoke was too much for her.
Carrie后来加入，但也没呆太久，说烟味太浓了。
But in the application of domestic scroll compressor time also is not too long, the use of fault analysis in the process are few.
但是涡旋压缩机在国内的应用时间还不是很长，对其使用过程中故障的分析还不多。
The findings suggest that you can have your cake and eat it, too. But not for long.
研究结果表明，你可以有你的蛋糕并且吃它，但不要长期吃。
Acknowledge what you did to hurt this other person, but do not dwell on the problem for too long. You have to let it go.
承认自己曾经伤害过这个人，但是不要对这个问题考虑得太久。这件事过去就让它过去。
Acknowledge what you did to hurt this other person, but do not dwell on the problem for too long. You have to let it go.
承认自己曾经伤害过这个人，但是不要对这个问题考虑得太久。这件事过去就让它过去。
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