for years

I had been researching the money system for years, and I knew it was a non-sustainable system.

我已经研究货币体系很多年了，我知道这是一个不可持续的体系。

I didn't for a moment think he had the same feelings, but we talked as though we had been friends for years.

我从没想过他对我也有同样的感觉。我们谈着，一见如故。

You want me to wear that old dress to the ball? I'll have egg on my face for years! ---But vintage is stylish now.

你让我穿那件旧礼服参加舞会？我会难堪好几年的。---但是现在正流行复古啊。

I anticipated that I would be served up with fine thoughts that had been kept bottled up for years.

我期待我能发现一些酝酿了很多年的精妙想法。

Because he knew that reason why Patrick was so depressed was that he did the same sort of job for years and years.

因为他知道帕特里克如此沮丧的原因是他多年来都做同样的工作。他的生活没有什么变化。

For years, these activists have kept up the whistle blowing on the company to try to get it to reduce the amount of waste it's discharging.

这些年来，这些活动家们一直在揭发这个企业以迫使它减少废料的排放。

I don't know. I've had customers leaving keys here for years. Sometimes they pick them up in a few days. Sometimes it takes a few weeks.

不知道。我让客人寄放锁匙好几年了。有时过几天就拿走，有时几星期。

For years, it pottered along, weighed down by the regulations that made up the licence raj, producing only a feeble "Hindu" rate of growth.

多年来，它一直疲于奔命，由法规规定做出了牌照raj，仅仅产生了一个软弱的“印度教徒报”的增长速度。

Because of a family feud, he never spoke to his wife's parents for years.

由於两家不和，他已多年不与岳父母说话。

For years it had used the threat of its veto to keep North Korean adventurism off the Security Council's agenda.

多年来，中国一直用其一票否决权来保护朝鲜，在安理会的议程中避开其冒险主义。

Look at this advice as a sales pitch: "Turn your money over to me for years, and I will charge you fees for the long term. "

把这样的建议当成是商业宣传：“把你的钱借给我几年，我会出于长期考虑向您收取费用”。

At the meeting I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years.

在会议上我遇见了一位多年不见的老朋友。

There was no identification inside. Just three dollars, and a crumpled letter that looked as if it had been carried around for years.

里面没有任何身份证明，只有三美元和一张揉皱的信，看起来好像有好几个年头了。

There has been a rumour mill on him for years.

几年来，一直有谣言产生，对他进行中伤。

For years, personal experience and expert advice have been widely used in managing risk and have proved to be very useful and practicable.

多年来在风险管理中，个人的经验和专家的建议已经得到广泛应用并证明是十分有效可行的。

He adds, "It seems odd. . . He's been living in Switzerland for years and I've visited him there, so this is all very strange. "

他补充道，“这太奇怪了…他已经在瑞士住了这么多年，我们也去瑞士看了他好几回，这太让人不理解了！”

The Small House Movement has been around for years, encouraging people to think about how much house they really need.

小型住宅运动已经有好多年了，该运动促使人们思考他们真正需要多大的房子。

But the brilliant satirist had a hard time figuring out what rules to break as he struggled for years to tell his own life story.

但是即便是这个天才的讽刺作家也寻觅多年希望找出一种方式讲出自己的故事。

He might have thought he could not go wrong by opposing a "war from which we may not be able to free ourselves for years" .

他可能认为反对“一场多年无法摆脱的战争”不会有错。

For years, private financing has been used to create embryonic stem cell lines, mostly from discarded embryos from fertility clinics.

多年来，私人资金已用于制造胚胎干细胞系，绝大多数是从妇产科医院丢弃的胚胎中制造出来的。