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

因病席很久，耽误很多课程。

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

我们认为这样反常现象不会持续很久。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾经很久对potlatch着迷。

I haven't seen him for yonks .

我很久没见过。

Their ready answer suggested that they had long bided that.

们很爽快回答表明们已经等待这个(要求)很久。

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

很久以前, 我们就知道行周期运动。

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

对于一个认识们很久人来说，你异乎寻常地没有意识到们。

That was a great while ago.

那是很久以前事。

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

那个女杀手把手上血迹洗掉很久后,仍觉得手上血迹斑斑。

I remember that distant afternoon.

我记得很久之前那个下午。

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

在很久很久以前，一位美丽又善良公主奥萝拉，受到恶毒女巫妒忌，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.

我找一下网路上资料，似乎也没有讨论嘴上弯原因文献，可能有很久以前，不过就不太好找。