These 24 people are strangers now, but not for long.
这24人目前都是陌生人，不过很快就不是了。
By whatever means, a lake is constantly gaining water and losing water: its water does not just sit there, or, anyway, not for long.
不管用什么方法，一个湖泊的水总是在不断地增加和减少：它的水不会只是待在那里，或者待很久。
If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed.
如果尸体没有完全腐烂，尸体会被重新埋在一个较小较廉价的墓地中，不久后，当尸体完全腐烂时，就会被再次挖出来。
But not for long, perhaps, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
但是在阿联酋(uae)这也许好景不长了。
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。
It will be satisfying for both of you within the first week of your parting, but not for long.
分开的第一周你们都还能适应，但不会长久。
THE Murdoch scandal has pushed bad economic news off Britain’s front pages. But perhaps not for long.
近日，默多克丑闻取代经济新闻占据了英国各大报的头版，但这种情况也许持续不了多久，7月26日，国家统计局将发布2011年第二季度GDP的第一个增长率。
Not for long, though. The startled driver headed to a police station, where the 12 were apprehended.
虽然这也没能持续多久，因为卡车司机受到惊吓，直接开到了警察局，十二个人就当场被逮捕。
Writing just enough code to get the test to compile gave you a passing test this time, but not for long.
编写足够的代码以使测试进行编译此时将为您提供即将通过的测试程序，但不是长期。
We drift around the old centre of Ribadeo with its ornate turn-of-the-20th-century houses, but not for long.
我们在里瓦德奥的老城中心漫步，这里有很多二十世纪初的老房子。
In America Treasury yields fell and stocks rose-but not for long, as equity markets fell again on August 10th.
在美国，国库券收益下降、股票则上涨——但此景不长，8月10日股市再次下跌。
I never expect to call a market bottom, and certainly not for long-cycle assets like houses, but I seem to have come pretty close.
我从未指望能预测到市场底部，当然对楼市这样周期较长的资产更是如此，不过看起来我的预测非常接近事实。
So I plaster on a smiling face and sit down to meaningless chatter, but not for long. Dark thoughts rush back to consciousness; I run upstairs to check the CD player for the third time.
所以，我强迫自己笑，坐下来与别人聊天，但是没过久，不好的念头又出现了，所以我赶紧跑到楼上去，又一次打开CD机，这已经是今晚的第三次了。
Today, the sound of cascading market crashes seems to be drowning both the fretful and the exuberant China-India chatter—but not completely, probably not for long, and not equally in all places.
如今，如瀑布一样的市场衰退的声音一并淹没了焦躁和夸张的关于中印的鼓噪——但是还没有完全淹没，也许不会太久，并且在各个领域情况并不一致。
That means that they live life "energetically"—more intensively, but not for as long.
这意味着他们过着“精力充沛”的生活——更加集中，但不是为了活得长。
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。
It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
我们在很多方面都被延误了，不知道需要多久才能赶上。
Now I grieve, for I shall lose ye--they will not keep ye long for such a little thing.
现在我很难过，因为我要和你们分别了——他们不会为了这么一点小事而关你们很久的。
The mayor is more ideologically consistent than is widely believed: her long-term commitment to tax reform, for example, is not indicative of capriciousness.
市长在意识形态上比人们普遍认为的更加一致：例如，她对税收改革的长期承诺并不表明她的任性。
Officials also hope for a much larger benefit: more long-term decision making, not only by banks but by all corporations, to build a stronger economy for future generations.
官员们也希望获得更大的利益：不仅是银行，而是所有企业都能做出更长期的决策，为子孙后代建设更强大的经济。
A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.
一个没有经过充分思考或是适配用户需求的游戏化战略可能会在短期内吸引人们的注意力，但从长远来看它不会激发人们的积极性。
Britain's new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an interest in their performance, not just for the short term but for the long term.
英国的新规提醒着银行家们，社会不仅对他们的短期业绩有兴趣，而且对他们的长期业绩也有兴趣。
I was caught in a traffic jam for over an hour, otherwise I would have not kept you waiting for such a long time.
我遇上塞车堵了一个多小时，否则我就不会让你等这么长时间。
He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior article more than once.
他这样做的时间不会太长，因为幸运的是，公众有良好的判断力，不会不止一次地购买劣质商品。
For a long time biologists believed that male deer used buck rubs not only to clean and polish antlers but also to provide practice for the ensuing male-to-male combat during the rut.
长期以来，生物学家们认为雄鹿擦痕不仅可以清除并磨光鹿茸，还可以借此练习发情期时雄鹿之间的角斗。
Not long after, the stolen data was showing up on fake cards and being used for online purchases.
不久后，被盗的数据出现在了假卡上，用于在线购物。
Not long ago, when his cat died, he cried and understood grief for the first time.
不久前，他的猫死了，他哭了，这是他第一次理解悲伤。
Not long ago, when his cat died, he cried and understood grief for the first time.
不久前，他的猫死了，他哭了，这是他第一次理解悲伤。
应用推荐