long time before

基本解释

It has taken a long time before Christ consciousness could set foot on earth.
基督意识能在地球上落地生根之前，需要很长一段时间。
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So a long time before quantum mechanics was developed, people made measurements of the heat capacities of materials.
那么在量子力学建立起来,之前的很长一段时间，人们测量,物质的热容。
It's going to be a long time before we fully understand the implications of open source for the broader economy, but so far, it's been very good for just about everybody.
虽然在我们完全了解开源对于更广泛经济的影响以前这将是一个漫长的过程，但是迄今为止几乎对每个人来说都很好。

Some doctors work a long time in hospitals before they are fully trained in a specialty.
It's still--they can make losses for a long time before they're in trouble, so presumably there won't be a problem, but in principle there could be and so that's the kind of issue that we have now.
在陷入困境之前的很长一段时间内,他们可以承受亏损,也可以假设不会有任何问题发生,但是原则上讲是有可能会出问题的,这就是我们面临的现状
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I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.
我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。
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It will be a long time before people feel truly bullish about the economy.
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