这些运动员有相当长的一段时间会无所事事。
很多人都为他用这么长的时间才下定决心感到吃惊。
Many have been surprised at the length of time it has taken him to make up his mind.
如果你停止辩解而开始行动，你就会惊讶是什么让你耗费了这么长的时间。
If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long.
我们的主人从那所房子里牵出了一条长的延长导线，安置了一块屏幕和一个投影仪。
Our host ran a long extension cord out from the house and set up a screen and a projector.
你想要长的还是短的？
是这样的：“这可不信——这么长的一个梦，居然没有一点差错！”
It was this, "Pretty thin--as long a dream as that, without any mistakes in it!"
它与加拿大共享北美第二长的河流系统，拥有美国一半以上的海岸线。
It shares, with Canada, the second longest river system in North America and has over half the coastline of the United States.
找到了大约九米长的船身，其一端所在的地方超出挖掘范围，必须留在原地。
About nine metres of the boat's length was recovered; one end lay beyond the excavation and had to be left.
可能有人固执地认为，考虑如此长的时间跨度可能比考虑即将到来的未来更容易。
Perhaps willfully, it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.
在农村地区，救护车要花相当长的时间才能到达，电话亭就起到了拯救生命的作用。
In rural areas, where ambulances can take a relatively long time to arrive, the phone boxes have taken on a lifesaving role.
一段九英里长的高速公路已关闭。
他每天游50个游泳池那么长的距离。
那场战争持续了极长的时间。
我是个土生土长的伦敦人。
乔舒亚·哈尔彭是土生土长的北加州人。
应联合国秘书长的要求，该撤离正在进行中。
The evacuation is being organized at the request of the United Nations Secretary General.
他打开一个笼子，提起了一条6英尺长的蟒蛇。
他把她绑起来，拿着一把6英寸长的刀威胁她。
研究者们研究了12岁到50岁的人身上长的痣。
他在本届新联合国秘书长的角逐中是无望获胜者。
He was an outsider in the race to be the new UN Secretary-General.
在刚担任董事长的头几年，他在提升公司形象方面发挥了作用。
In his first years as chairman he was instrumental in raising the company's wider profile.
这种疾病的影响只有在长期内才能真正看清楚，而5年是不够长的。
You could only really tell the effects of the disease in the long term, and five years wasn't long enough.
令人惊讶的是，人们花了那么长的时间才把一个双赢的机会利用起来。
It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of what is a win-win opportunity.
学校前面有一条800米长的路。
对他来说，这是一段相当长的旅程。
仅美国就有大约350万英里长的河流。
The United States alone has around 3.5 million miles of rivers.
沿河有一条8公里长的木制走道。
Along the river, there is an eight-kilometer-long wooden walkway.
世界上超过1000英里长的河流有76条。
我们甚至有一条大约四米长的蛇，但我把它养在家里。
We even have one snake that is about four meters long, but I keep him at home.
三年前我们家乡建了一座三公里长的桥。
A 3-kilometer-long bridge was built in our hometown three years ago.
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