The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.

架子长约一米。嗯，精确地说，是98厘米。

《牛津词典》

The newspaper article was the opening salvo in what proved to be a long battle.

报上那篇文章是一场长期论战的开篇第一炮。

《牛津词典》

The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.

通向和平的路将是漫长而延宕的。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"There may be enough to eat for a while." he says, "but before too long there may be hunger."

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So if I call, let's , let's set up s to be, I don't know, some big long list.

那让我们来调用一次吧，让我们建立一个，怎么说。

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to make sure that it's going to be a comfortable pair of shoes that last me a long time.

来保证这双鞋很舒服而且可以穿很久。

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There may not be long to wait to find out.

ECONOMIST: The economy

Hedge-fund promoters promise to be leveraged, to be hedged, to be "market neutral, " to be short, to be long.

FORBES: Clipped Hedges

Hedge fund promoters promise to be leveraged, to be hedged, to be "market neutral, " to be short, to be long.

FORBES