It had taken two hours to load all the people aboard.

用了两个小时才让所有的人上了船。

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I spent hours cleaning the house, but there isn't much to show for all my efforts.

我花了几个小时来打扫房子，但费了这么大力气却看不到多少效果。

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But he points out that technology has also made new music available to people all over the world twenty-four hours a day.

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I have asked all of my recitation instructors to state office hours.

我已经叫所有背诵课的老师,安排办公时间了。

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I would have class maybe 8 to 9 hours like all in a row

我要连续上八至九小时的课，

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Snug in your sleeper car, you can look forward to all those hours of contemplation, reading, working, backgammon, whatever.

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The Spaniard returned to Helsinki in the small hours all smiles, to be followed a few hours later by the Turkish prime minister, Bulent Ecevit, who came as a summit guest.

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Netflix made the (right) decision to offer all 13 hours of House of Cards at once to anyone who subscribed.

FORBES: Netflix is Genius. Spacey is Brilliant. I Am Just Lazy.