He must have started writing his book a long time ago.

他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。

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He lost his youth a long time ago.

他早已失去了青春活力.

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In my neighbourhood, the local crack dealers would have taken him out a long time ago.

我们这片的本地毒贩早就想废了他了。

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He made a promise to his great-grandfather? That would have been a long time ago.

他曾向他的曾祖父许下承诺？那准是很久以前的事情了。

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I don't know where you'll find your sister after all these years ; she moved away from the town a long time ago.

你妹妹早就从这个市镇搬走了,时隔多年了我不知道你去哪儿能找到她.

《简明英汉词典》

A long time ago, men hunted for their food.

很久以前, 男人以捕猎为生.

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The lake was ponded by lavas a long time ago.

这条湖是很久以前熔岩堵塞河道形成的.

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The population here had cleared out a long time ago.

这里的居民很久以前就都走光了.

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I forgave her a long time ago.

我早已原谅她了.

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'They got me a long time ago,'said O'Brien with a mild, almost regretful irony.

“ 他们早就把我逮到了, ” 奥勃良说,口气里略带一种几乎感到歉意的讽刺.

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If I wanted to get married , I'd have done so a long time ago.

我要结婚呢, 早结婚了.

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Eisenhower, clod and grumpy, said, " Well, I thought you should have done this a long time ago. "

艾森豪威尔冷淡而粗暴地说: “ 唔, 我认为你早就应该这样做了. ”

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Aristotle, who described man as a political animal, lived a long time ago.

亚里士多德生活在距今很久远的时代, 他曾把人说成是一种政治动物.

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A long time ago, the tiny country of Switzerland was conquered by Austria.

很久以前, 瑞士这个小国被奥地利侵占.

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A long time ago they laid the track into the valley, bored the mine shafts.

他们很久以前就把轨道辅进了山谷, 打起了矿井.

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