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单词 this long
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this long
b. this long.
(a) For this long period of time. Cf. this long time (also while) at long adj.1 and n.1 Phrases 2c. Obsolete.
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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 262 Der sone, this lang quhar has thow beyne?
1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. i. xxv. 31v Forsakyng that auncient religion whiche this longe both I and my people haue obserued.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada ii. 102 Otherwise he had never..this long have deferr'd its discovery.
(b) This length of time; as long as this.
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1891 Los Angeles Times 2 July 2/4 That water has been running over the banks ever since. Owing to the sand and evaporation it has taken this long to reach Salton.
1913 G. F. Gundelfinger Ice Lens iii. 159 I only regret that our friendship has lasted this long.
1921 Petroleum Mag. Mar. 140/1 Steady running even for 10 minutes is not to be considered. It would take this long before the engine became warmed up.
1983 H. E. Kyburg Epistemol. & Inference viii. 137 I have spent this long on background material because there is a really amazing web of interlocking relationships.
2003 D. Gerber tr. K. Kreling Horses' Teeth (2004) vi. 118/1 The inflamed mucous membranes of the tongue and the cheeks need this long to heal.
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