The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that the speakers stopped at intervals for refreshments.

由于长时间乏味的讨论，演讲者在间隙停止，休息一下。

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It was an act so prolonged, so meticulous, so rich in ceremonial aspects that one who did not know well would have thought that she was given over to the deserved adoration of her own body.

这种长时间的、细致的程序，夹了许多美妙的动作，不大了解俏姑娘雷麦黛丝的人可能以为她在理所当然地欣赏自己的身姿。

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British and Spanish households have adjusted even less, so the odds of prolonged weakness in private spending are even greater.

英国和西班牙家庭调整的更少，因此私人消费力不足将很有可能延长一段时间。

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The struggling bird fitted nicely into the pelican's capacious pouch but was too big to be swallowed, so a prolonged mastication took place before the appalled visitors.

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The Roderick set-up could have been so much better and so much more prolonged than it was.

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Paul Scholes, so influential for United in their prolonged triumphs under the Scot, joined him in retirement.

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