But as he says, the search for life in outer space is a long-term goal, and he is still hopeful.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

And the Aristotelian view held for a long time, but eventually it started to crumble in the light of more data.

而亚里士多德的观点在很长时间里得到了认同，但最终还是崩溃了,在越来越多的数据面前。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

So if you answer the phone, you'll be saving me from a long conversation that will last ten hours.

如果你去接电话的话，我就可以免于一段又臭又长的谈话的痛苦了。

Would you 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

When it arrives, the new family member will join a long list of pets that have lived in the White House.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

But then who would understand better than John Milton, Sr. the importance or the value of a long-term investment strategy?

但在那时谁又比弥尔顿先生更懂得,长远投资的重要性呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In the nineteen forties, she was the first black woman to sign a long-term agreement with a major Hollywood movie studio.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

OK? So you can see that, it's just walking through it, and in fact if I look at a couple of another-- another couple of examples, it's been a long day, again, you can see that property.

恩，其实你能看到,他就是遍历列表，你要有空的话,可以再看很多很多其他的例子,你能够看到这个属性。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

But for a long time I was chastened whenever I remembered that my mother had come close to killing me.

然而很长一段时间里,一想起母亲过来揍我,我就会很听话，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It has a long name: the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

But it shows you that with a little bit of understanding of quantization you can go a long way.

但它看起来,有一些量子化的含义,你可以研究研究。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Edward Kennedy never won the presidency, but became a long- serving and important member of the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

So it took a long time for the twenty books that we have to get settled on. And we'll talk about how that actually happened,also,still.

所以很长一段时间之后那27本书,才最终被确定下来，我们会谈及,那是如何实现的。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Historians say a trial in the colony of New York in seventeen thirty-five went a long way toward establishing this freedom.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

So, you can imagine what happens as it gets deposited into your bones, which is not the ideal situation after a long day in the lab.

所以你可以想象,当它碰到你的骨头时候会如何，当你在实验室,呆了一整天后这样可不太好。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Many people believe Pat Summitt's winning record will not be reached by another college basketball coach for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

All the land between the water on the left side and a long, long way has been reclaimed from the sea.

天水之间广袤的大地在你左边,公路在填海而形成的土地上无限延伸

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Medical experts say small amounts of carbon monoxide over a long period of time can greatly harm an unborn baby.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

But I feel the same thing often when my son brings his friends, maybe that I've known for a long time.

但我也感觉得到,尤其是我儿子带朋友回来时，也许我早认识了。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

One hoodoo known as the Poodle looks like a poodle dog sitting on top of a long narrow rock.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

It was simply my lecture notes from this particular course that I've been teaching here for a long time.

这里面都是我长期以来教授此门课的,课程笔记和摘要的总结

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

It had a long title: "When You Want 'Em,You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em,You Don't Want 'Em."

VOA: special.2009.02.08

Yeah. So what I think of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a very long-term conflict that has lasted for a long long time.

是的，所以我认为巴以冲突,是一个长期的冲突,它已经持续了很长的时间。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The king's official took a long list from his pocket and said, "your majesty, I've gotten you many things.

VOA: special.2010.11.13

You could make a long list but it might include things Like the capacity for language and higher thought or abstract thought, conscience, self-control, free-will.

你也许能列出一个长单子，它可能包括以下东西,比如语言能力，高级或抽象思维能力，良心，自控力和自由意志。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The song is about leaving the big city for the countryside, going home again after a long time away.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

This was known for a long time, but it took Mr. Einstein to figure out why nature is behaving in that fashion.

这一点在很早以前就人所共知了,不过是爱因斯坦先生解释了,大自然为什么以这种模式运行

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Beadwork has a long history as an art form practiced by American Indians and other cultures around the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

For a long time MIT has not had a laboratory associated with large courses.

麻省理工很长一段时间以来,都没有为大课设置实验室。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

It's a long version of the rich get richer and the poor even lose what they hath.

简单来说，意思就是富的变得越富,穷的变得越穷。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选