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length TIMEleNkWnan amount of time一段时间He is unable to concentrate on his work for any length of time (= for anything more than a short time). [C]他一刻也无法集中精力工作。The length of a film, book, etc. is the amount of time it lasts or material it contains持续时间In an article of this length I cannot discuss all the issues involved. [C]在这样长短的一篇文章里，我是不可能把所有有关的问题讲清楚的。If you do something at length you either do it for a long time, or (fml) you do it after a long period of time长时间地; 最终George went on at great length about his various illnesses.乔治絮絮叨叨地讲述了他得的各种疾病。(fml) At length the authorities allowed her to go home.当局最后终于允许她回家。If you say that someone would go to great/any lengths to do something, you mean that they would make a great deal of effort to achieve this thing竭尽全力去做Some people go to great lengths to make their homes attractive.有些人千方百计使他们的家令人钦羡。
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