很久

His long illness and consequent absence put him far behind in his work.

他因病缺席，耽误了多课程。

We do not think such an abnormal phenomenon will last long.

我们认为这样的象不会持续。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾经对potlatch着迷。

I haven't seen him for yonks .

我没见过他了。

Their ready answer suggested that they had long bided that.

他们爽快的回答表明他们已经等待这个(要求)了。

Long long ago, we knew the periodic motion of a planet.

以前, 我们就知道行的周期运动。

For a person who has known them so long you are strangely oblivious to their faults.

对于一个认识他们的人来说，你异乎寻地没有意识到他们的缺点。

That was a great while ago.

那是以前的事了。

The murderess felt that her hands were stained with blood long after the marks had been removed.

那个女杀手把手上的血迹洗后,仍觉得手上血迹斑斑。

I remember that distant afternoon.

我记得之前的那个下午。

Once upon a dream , gifted with grace and beauty , the lovely Princess Aurora provokes the jealousy of the wicked fairy Maleficent .

在以前，一位美丽又善良的公主奥萝拉，受到恶毒女巫的妒忌，要加害于她。

An avocet has a long, strongly upcurved bill which contains a complex and highly specialized system of lamellae capable of filtering out small food items.

我找了一下网路上的资料，似乎也没有讨论他嘴上弯原因的文献，可能有以前的，不过就不太好找了。