Perhaps in the broader world, you might find years that have two or four digits and might even contain an apostrophe, as in '09.

可能在一个更广阔的世界，您可能发现拥有两位或四位数字的年份，甚至可能包含一个撇号，如'09。

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It may take months or even years.

这个过程可能需要数月甚至数年的时间。

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Here water may be stored in ice form for hundreds or even hundreds of thousands of years before being released again into the liquid water system as meltwater.

在这里，水可能以冰的形式储存数百年甚至数十万年，然后再以融水的形式释放到液态水系统中。

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And some lower-paying jobs require only two years of college, or even a technical education program in high school.

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And another five, or seven, or eight years went by, and the treasurer job became even too big of a job, and he became in charge of investor relations.

几年以后，财务主管负责的工作也很多了，他就开始负责投资关系。

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I think that many years ago, in the early 90s or 80s, or the 70s even, it was a very dangerous city.

我想很多年以前的八九十年代或者甚至七十年代，它是一个非常危险的城市。

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The challenges we confronted were not the work of one year or two years or even one term.

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I'm unable to work or parent effectively for months or even years at a time - then the tide goes out and I feel "normal" for a while, able to function again.

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In fact, you can leave all of the Roth to your children or grandchildren and they will have years or even decades (depending on their ages when they inherit) to deplete it.

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