His stories were interesting but too long, and he never seemed to come to the point.
他说的事挺有意思但是太长了，似乎从来说不到点子上。
Let me see, I need to find a handle that matches but that shouldn't take too long.
让我看看，我需要找到一个匹配的手柄，但这不会花太长时间。
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。
Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them.
尽管合理建议的提出已有很长时间了，但是监管这个行业的州级机构过于保守，不愿实施。
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。
But in the long run, too much specialization doesn't pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval.
但从长远来看，过多的专业化并不会带来回报。商业界已经有了大量的工商管理学硕士（MBA），他们不再将学位视为一种能自动认可的标志。
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。
I started to make a list of sessions that I personally would like to attend, but the list quickly got too long to include here.
我曾列出了一份我个人想要参加的会议的列表，但是这个列表很快就变得非常冗长，而无法在这里全部列举出来。
One option is to do a redirected restore, but you're worried that might take too long.
一种办法是采用重定向恢复，但是您可能担心这样做时间太长。
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。
I had worked on it until well past midnight; it was full of what I felt was good rhetoric and specific policy proposals, but still too long, so I cut a few lines.
对这个声明，我一直推敲到前一天深夜，我自我感觉，其中充满了令人满意的华丽词藻和具体的政策提案，但篇幅仍太长，所以我删掉了几个句子。
Study up on it, but don’t make yourself wait too long before diving into the next step.
好好的研究它，但不要耽搁太长时间，然后进入下一个阶段。
Computers and smartphones are powerful tools, but being on them for too long tires us out.
电脑和智能手机是很强大的工具，但是长时间使用会让我们精疲力竭。
It would be best if the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions, but that takes too long.
如果联合国安理会对之进行制裁那是最好的，不过那将需要很长时间。
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。
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。
Growth can slow, markets can turn, new competitors can show up. Going public too early clearly has risks - but so does waiting too long and missing your opportunity.
增长可能会放缓，市场形势可能逆转，新的竞争者也可能会涌现，太早上市显然有风险——但等待太久，错失良机同样不是好主意。
I honestly didn’t want things to end with him. But I’d been on the diving board too long.
我确实不想就这样跟他结束，但是之前自己犹豫的时间太长了。
But long stretches between assessments are deadly because problems in the process may go undetected for too long.
但评估与评估之间拖得时间太长是致命的，因为可能太久没有检测过程中的问题了。
You shouldn't write too long and rambling emails. But you shouldn't write too short emails either.
你不能写太长和离题的邮件，但你也不能把它写的太短。
Sure, we can binge on a project, but working too hard for too long results in a hangover of productivity.
当然，我们可以在工作中狂欢作乐（译者注：或者此处为作者笔误，应该是我们不能再在工作中狂欢作乐），但是长时间的刻刻苦工作也会导致效率的降低。
He'll play with the kids for a bit but if they bother him too long he'll wander off.
它也会和孩子们玩一会儿，但如果烦它太久，它就跑开了。
Clearly, people find bugs when they review code, but the reviews often take too long to be practical.
很显然，人们在评审代码时会发现一些错误(bug)，但是这种评审工作通常会花费大量的时间，因此变得不太实际。
The femur was fairly long, an advanced Homo-like trait, but the forearm was long too, a more apelike feature.
这个重大的考古发现让研究人员们终于得以一窥这些远古人类的“芳容”：相当长的腿骨是高等直立人的特征，但同时过长的前臂骨又让它们与类人猿颇为相像。
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。
Consequently, early BBSs were very locally oriented systems, but before too long the limitations gave birth to phone phreaking and other hacks.
因此，早期的BBS完全是面向本地的系统，但很快，这些限制就产生了盗用电话线路和其他一些技巧。
I doubt it was the scenery, but sometimes when we spend too long looking at the same things; they lose their meaning.
我怀疑这到底是不是环境的问题。不过我们盯着相同的东西看得久了也确实会审美疲劳。
Nobody expects a global deal at Cancun, but there will surely be one before too long.
在坎昆，没有人期待一个全球性的协议，但是，无疑地，趁着还不算晚应该制定一个。
Nobody expects a global deal at Cancun, but there will surely be one before too long.
在坎昆，没有人期待一个全球性的协议，但是，无疑地，趁着还不算晚应该制定一个。
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