Methods that do not block but that still may take a long time to execute can respect requests for interruption by polling the interrupted status and return early if interrupted.

对于中断请求，不阻塞但是仍然要花较长时间执行的方法可以轮询中断状态，并在被中断的时候提前返回。

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We had thought to return early but they wouldn't let us go.

我们本想早回来的，但他们不让我们走。

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We thought to return early.

我们有意早点回去。

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The situation raised fears that the peninsula could be headed toward a return of the warfare of the early nineteen fifties.

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Finally,in late October or early November, the bats all leave and return to Mexico.

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Mr.Ravalomanana said it is too early to say whether he might return to politics.

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The Romney camp shouldn't be wasting time attacking the Obama team for wanting to return early voting before the election for all voters.

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Abedin, a senior aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is traveling with her in Africa and is scheduled to return early Thursday.

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He could return as early as this year and he clearly has taken the first very visible step on the road to that return.

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