20 years is not long, when compared with a nation's history; and yet to individuals, 20 years is long enough to change the fate of an entire generation.

对于国家历史来说，20年的时间不算长；而对于个人，20年时间已经足以改变一代人的命运。

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In this case, o 'connor wrote, the long sentence could be justified because of the criminal's "long history of recidivism", which included three burglaries and a robbery.

奥康纳尔写道，这个案子中给予长期监禁的判处是站得住脚的，因为犯人有“屡次犯罪的长期历史”，包括3次行窃和1次抢劫。

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Performance Warehouse saves historical monitoring data consisting of DB2 snapshot data, DB2 event monitor data, and configuration data over a long period of time (long-term history).

Performance Warehouse保存的历史监控数据由较长时间的(长期历史)DB 2快照数据、DB2事件监控数据和配置数据组成。

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Its long history almost came to an end two years ago when a major fire burned its South Hall building.

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Milton, who is writing at the present moment of December of 1629, is claiming the capacity to arrive at a moment in history that he has already described as a long-completed one.

这首诗作于1629年12月，这时弥尔顿正在慢慢具备他达到历史性时刻的能力,而这时他也已经被这样称赞着。

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He wrote a long and detailed history of Britain, attempting to create the meaning of that little island that he always assumed was God's chosen nation.

他写了一部长而具体的英国史，试图论证这座小岛的重大意义,他一直相信英国是上帝所选的国度。

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The author was Mansoor Ijaz, a writer with a long, long history of discredited assertions.

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These are, again, ideas with a long, long Republican pedigree -- a long, long history of Republican support.

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"Wind ensemble is a medium that has a long, long history of patriotic and marching-band music, " Mr. Fairouz said.

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