The average time for holding a stock in both the United States and Britain, he notes, has dropped from seven years to seven months in recent decades.
他特别提到，最近几十年，无论是在美国还是在英国，持有一支股票的平均时间都从七年下降到了七个月。
Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.
他比同级别的大多数官员大5岁，他决心弥补自己失去的时光。
It took two years for me to get better, during which time he spoon-fed me and did absolutely everything around the house.
我花了两年时间才好起来，在此其间他用勺子喂我进食，并承担全部的家务。
At that time, my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
那时，我的小弟弟大约四岁，他一直想念妈妈。
For almost 60 years, he had given most of his time and energy to rice research.
近60年来，他把大部分时间和精力都花在了水稻研究上。
Though Mr. Li has been away from his hometown for over ten years, he misses his old friends from time to time.
虽然李先生离开家乡已有十多年了，但他不时地会想念老朋友。
Becoming a full-time, successful actor would still be an uphill battle for another eight years until he landed a number of film roles that finally got him noticed.
在接下来的八年里，成为一名全职的成功演员仍然是一场艰苦的战斗，直到他获得了一些电影角色，最终让他得到了关注。
In his later years, he devoted all his time to a novel which proved to be a best-loved book.
到了晚年，他用全部时间写成了这本令人百读不厌的小说。
Some months, he spends more time on his cell phone than he does at home with his three kids and wife of 23 years.
有好几个月，他花在手机上的时间，远远超过在家里陪伴三个孩子和结婚23年的妻子。
Though Murray faced up to four years in state prison, it isn't clear how much time he will actually serve.
尽管默里面临着州立监狱最高四年的有期徒刑，但他实际上会服刑多长时间目前尚不清楚。
He added: "Forty years on, now is the right time and Liverpool is the right place to study the Beatles."
他说：“披头士乐队解散已有四十年之久，现在是个合适的时候，而且利物浦也是个合适的地点。”
He added: "Twenty years without winning it is a long time." I'm sure that day will come and when it does it will be fantastic for the players and the fans.
他补充道：“二十年无一冠是很长久的时间，我确信这一天会到来，等那一天来到的时候，他将成为球迷和球员的节日。”
"As soon as everyone starts wanting to become a banker," he told a newspaper years later, "it is a good time to leave."
多年后，他在接受一家报纸采访时说，“等到每个人都想成为银行家的时候，就是应该离开的时候了。”
Although he's also spending more time with family, his sons are well into the teenage years, "and progressively want less of my time," he said.
虽然他与家人呆的时间更长了，但是他的儿子也早已过了青春年少之时，也不需要我太长时间陪他们。
For the first time in 15 years, he has promised, France Telecom will expand its workforce.
他承诺公司会增加雇员，这是法国电信15年来第一次增员。
Da Vinci might have selected different glaze recipes on purpose-or he may have tweaked the painting over years during which time his taste in glaze ingredients could have changed.
达·芬奇可能有意选用了不同的油彩配方——或者他有可能在几年后对作品进行了微调，而他所喜爱的油彩成分发生了变化。
The Russian boy said he does not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea: "It would not have survived in the water all that time, " he said.
他还说他不能相信这个瓶子竟然24年以来一直在大海里漂流：“它一直都呆在水里怎么生存的，”他说。
In this case it is a strongly downward one, which Mr Obama will want to reverse before he goes before the voters in two years' time.
这张图表的曲线明显呈下行趋势，奥巴马先生希望在两年后，面对选民之前扭转这种趋势。
The tax, which will apply to both existing and newly purchased homes, may be based on appraised value of property in three or five years' time, he said.
他说，基于三年到五年的财产评估，这项房地产征税法将试点于已购房和新购房。
God waited four thousand years, till the fullness of time, ere he sent His Son.
神在差遣祂儿子到世上来以前，自己曾等候了四千年，为的是要等候最适当的时期。
This may be the first time in 11 years that he has failed to do so.
这回可能是他11年来头一次自食其言。
Durban, who says he spent about half his time over two years on Skype matters, focused on bringing in new management.
德班表示，这两年里他差不多把一半的时间都花在了跟Skype有关的事务上，重点放在为Skype引入新的管理层。
There was a time, after he had spent years drifting, when Saravanan's life seemed promising.
离家之后，他花费数年时间到处流浪。
By the time he attempted this picture, Darren had spent three years photographing starlings.
在尝试拍摄这张照片之前，Darren花了三年时间拍摄欧椋鸟。
Asked by a Japanese reporter in 1966 what he wished to be in ten years' time, Coltrane replied simply that he wanted to be a saint.
当1966年一个日本记者问他10年后想成为什么人时，柯川简单地回答说他想成为一个圣人。
Asked by a Japanese reporter in 1966 what he wished to be in ten years' time, Col trane replied simply that he wanted to be a saint.
当1966年一个日本记者问他10年后想成为什么人时，柯川简单地回答说他想成为一个圣人。
Asked by a Japanese reporter in 1966 what he wished to be in ten years' time, Col trane replied simply that he wanted to be a saint.
当1966年一个日本记者问他10年后想成为什么人时，柯川简单地回答说他想成为一个圣人。
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