With such a long interval, it is difficult to determine the age of this fossil.

时间隔得这么久了，很难确定这化石的年代。

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There is a long interval before he replied.

他隔了很长的一段时间才回答。

youdao

There was a long interval before he replied.

一段长时间的间隔之后，他才做答复。

youdao

Such a long interval seriously compromises the ability of adjudicators to retrieve original hospital records, laboratory findings, and other relevant patient data.

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As with other FCC proposals, there's likely to be a long interval between the auction vote, the review and any definitive rulemaking, let alone an impact -- auctions by themselves can take years to play out.

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None of the options are as short a time interval as the 1-hour pass or as long an interval as the annual pass, however.

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