One of the showiest stunts that some languages can pull off is an ability to build up words of breath-breaking length, and thus express in one word what English takes a whole sentence to say.

有一些语言最令人叹为观止的特色之一，是能够创造出某些长得无法一口气读完的单词，由此用一个单词就能表达英语需要用一整个句子才能说出来的意思。

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The length of the war is one of the biggest unknowns.

战争的持续时间是其中一个最大的未知数。

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One of them unwound a length of rope from around his waist.

他们中的一个人解开绕在他腰间的一条绳子。

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It describes a rectangle with a length about one and one-half times its width.

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His lone defeat came in the Wood Memorial, a one-length loss to undefeated Verrazano.

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After moving outside to surge past pacesetter Super Ninety Nine on the final turn, the brown colt held off Flashback for a one-length victory that came just hours before Louisville rallied past Wichita State 72-68 in a national semifinal in Atlanta.

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It was clear, though, that as with the Packers and Moss, a one-year length was a deal-breaker for the Eagles.

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