从现在开始吧！拖越久要改变就会越难。

Start now... it will only get harder to change.

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首先，利率下调可能比预期的时间要久。第二，贷款可能下降。第三，坏帐可能抵消大部分的成效。

First, interest rates may take longer to fall than is hoped. Second, lending may fall. Third, bad loans could wipe out much of any improvement.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

“这件事要拖挺久的呢。”獾子班杰叹息着说。

"It's going to be a tedious business," said the Badger, sighing.

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Also,we see the letter of Ephesians--again,claims to be by Paul but I'll argue is not by Paul when we get to that lecture, way into the semester.

再看看以弗所书，它也自诩为保罗所写,但我认为不是，到那节课我们再讲，这要到学期开始比较久之后。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

I've gone on longer than I expected.

我说的比预期中的要久一些。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

If you talk about going in for surgery, t have the exact figure in front of me, but something like a fourth of the people in Canada wait six month or more for surgery.

谈到手术，呃，我这里没有确切数据，ehm，，I，don’,但大约,四分之一的加拿大人,要等六个多月之久,才能手术。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选