很久

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

他因病席，耽误了多课程。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾经对potlatch着迷。

I haven't seen him for yonks .

我见过他了。

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

我们认为这样的反常现象不会持续。

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

以前, 我们就知道行星的周期运动。

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(要求)了。

That was a great while ago.

是以前的事了。

I remember that distant afternoon.

我记得之前的下午。

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

对于一认识他们的人来说，你异乎寻常地有意识到他们的。

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

女杀手把手上的血迹洗掉后,仍觉得手上血迹斑斑。

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。