很久

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

他因病久，耽误了多课程。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾经久对potlatch着迷。

I haven't seen him for yonks .

我久没见过他了。

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久。

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

久以前, 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)久了。

That was a great while ago.

那是久以前的事了。

I remember that distant afternoon.

我记久之前的那下午。

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

对于一认识他们久的人来说，你异乎寻常地没有意识到他们的点。

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

那女杀手把手的血迹洗掉久后,仍觉手血迹斑斑。

Once upon a dream , gifted with grace and beauty , the lovely Princess Aurora provokes the jealousy of the wicked fairy Maleficent .

在久久以前，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.

我找了一下网路的资料，似乎也没有讨论他嘴弯原因的文献，可能有久以前的，不过就不太好找了。