很久

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

因病缺席很久，耽误了很多课程。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾经很久对potlatch着迷。

I haven't seen him for yonks .

我很久没见过了。

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很久。

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

很久以前, 我们就知道行星的周期运动。

Their ready answer suggested that they had long bided that.

们很爽快的回答表明们已经等待这(要求)很久了。

That was a great while ago.

那是很久以前的事了。

I remember that distant afternoon.

我记得很久之前的那下午。

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

对于一认识们很久的人来说，你异乎寻常地没有意识到们的缺点。

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

那女杀手把手上的血迹洗掉很久后,仍觉得手上血迹。

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

很久很久以前，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.

我找了一下网路上的资料，似乎也没有讨论嘴上弯原因的文献，可能有很久以前的，不过就不太好找了。