We are the only power willing to take the initiative in the long struggle to end the war.

在旨在结束战争的长期斗争中，我们是惟一愿意首先采取行动的国家。

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It didn't take me long to sew up the deal.

我没费多大工夫就把那桩生意做成了。

《牛津词典》

How long does the journey usually take?

这段旅程通常需要多长时间？

《牛津词典》

It did not take long for Jones to make his mark on his new team, the Los Angeles Galaxy.

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Said a different way, in the case of the straight-line programs, how long would it take to run a program?

换种说法，在直线式程序里面，运行一个程序要多长时间？

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The take-aways are that an equity bias is an absolutely sensible underpinning for investors with long time horizons but that diversification is important.

对于长期投资者来说,股权偏好的存在,是长期投资获利的重要基础,但是分散投资也很重要

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An investor may miss a critical window of opportunity if the company it funds take the long-term view advocated by traditional VCs.

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The pensions industry must take the long view by making investments that are volatile in the short term, but likely to yield far higher long-term returns.

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Asked why it took the agency so long to take action, a spokesman noted the attorney general, Kamala D.

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