This did take a very long time.

这样做会花很长时间。

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It really did take a very long time.

确实花了很长的时间。

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The trouble is that this can take a very long time.

麻烦在于，这可能需要很长时间。

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"What we are seeing China is that wages are gradually converging to those levels in the U.S.and Europe, but this convergence is going to take a very long time."

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And again it doesn't always take a very long time.

而且不用很久。

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You had to be very confident because it was going to take a long time, a fantastic amount of labor, a tremendous amount of money to do that.

你不得不相信,建造一座蜂巢墓要花费很长时间,大量的劳动力,以及庞大的金钱支持

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The snag with this is that it could take a very long time.

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As long as there is poverty and illiteracy, sociologists say it will take a very long time for the villagers to start preferring female babies.

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GHGs at a particular level will take a very long time.

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