Crying is a nearly universal sign of grief, though some mourners report that, despite genuine sorrow, they cannot shed tears—sometimes even for years after their loved one has gone.

哭泣几乎是悲伤的普遍标志，但一些哀悼者表示，尽管他们确实感到悲伤，却流不出眼泪——有时甚至在他们所爱的人去世多年之后也是如此。

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The business Lenovo is buying has hovered around break-even for years.

联想正在买进的部分其实已经在崩溃边缘徘徊数年之久。

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You must be willing to fail for days on end, for months on end and maybe even for years on end.

所以，在这个时代生存，你必须从早到晚都准备迎接失败，你必须整日整月甚至整年的预备失败。

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Symptoms can include flashbacks, nightmares and memory problems, and can last for months or even years.

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If someone's saving for their retirement you better have a lot more than that; $100,000 is only a few years of income even for low-income people.

如果你们一直存钱存到退休,肯定比这数目多多了,10万美元,不过是低收入群体几年的收入

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In that year, we were early on in terms of diversifying the portfolio -we'd only been working on that program for two years -and even so,the negative return was less than 1%, so it was a modest negative return.

在那一年,我们还处于投资组合多元化的初期,刚刚开始2年,即便如此,股灾时我们的亏损小于1%,这只是一个轻微的亏损

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His mother died when he was 11 and his father, Emperor Charles V, was often abroad, occasionally even for years at a time.

ECONOMIST: Spanish empire

There is a hint of momentum on Capitol Hill, even though for years touching Social Security has been considered a political death wish.

CNN: Budget cutters take hard look at Social Security - Sept. 27, 1995

One step might take months for some organizations to accomplish and even years for others.

FORBES: Can I Use This Method for Change in My Organization?