1.He had waited and plotted for a great length of time to be standing where he was now, with Jones at his command(5).
为了现在能站在这里，让琼斯听命于自己，他已经等待、谋划很久了。
2.When a loved one dies, the death becomes an emotional trauma and coping with it takes a great length of time.
心爱人的死亡所造成的情绪创伤需要较长的时间才能克服。
3.The metric ruler is not so convenient to measure something of great length.
翻译用米尺来测量那些很长的东西很不方便。
4.climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes.
斯里兰卡和印度南部的护卫灵因被用于马六甲白藤的茎干的长度而引人注目。
5.These will last a great length of time. The dried bracts are additionally useful in floral arrangements for lasting beauty.
这些苞片能够维持很长的一段时间，而这干燥的苞片在植物配植中对延长观赏期是十分有用的。
6.I could go on about this at great length, but I won't.
我可以持续不断地讲下去，但是我不打算去做。
7.They talked over at GREat length the matter of how to increase the sale of your products.
他们详细地讨论了怎样增加你方产品的销售。
8.Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. This might be thought out at great length.
这可是深思熟虑了很久才得出的结论，自私就是一种易于促成爱情的性格。
9.We have already discussed the matter at great length.
我们已经详细地讨论了这件事。
10.Stolon An initially erect branch that, due to its great length, eventually bends over toward the ground.
原先直立生长的枝条因为长度增加而最终向地面弯曲成为匍匐枝。