1.On account of his long delay he started in a flying-run down the lane westward, and had soon passed the hollow and mounted the next rise.
因为他已经耽搁很久了，他就开始在通向西边的小路上飞跑起来，很快就跑过了一片洼地，到了前面的山坡上。
2.The reason for the long delay was that from the moment of its discovery electricity was seen primarily as power and not as communication.
之所以会如此拖延，是因为电流从被发现的那一刻起，就首先被看成是能量而不是通信工具。
3.5b. The goods were promised to be delivered with in a week, and we have been put to considerable in convenience through the long delay.
你方承诺一周内交货，可是由于长时间的拖延，你们给我们带来了极大的不便。
4.We feel that some advice of this long delay should have been given, and we await early explanation on this point.
我方认为对这么长时间的延误应该有个说法。我方期待贵方尽快做出解释。
5.A long delay means trouble. We'd better bring the matter to an early conclusion.
夜长梦多。我们最好把事情早了结了。
6.Some critics of the administration have questioned why there was such a long delay in the release of the information.
一些批评布什政府的人们质问，为什么政府拖延如此之久才透露这个信息。
7.But the company's expansion opportunities at home have been frustrated by a long delay in the issue of 3G licences.
但由于3G牌照迟迟不能发放，该公司在本土市场的扩张受到了阻碍。
8.After a long delay, Joost finally abandoned its desktop player strategy, but the company never managed to attract a large enough user base.
在长期的拖延后，Jooast终于放弃（link）了它的桌面播放器策略，公司也从未获得足够多的用户基数。
9.This also needs to be light weight this way the user does not experience long delay times for the page to be redirected or loaded.
这也需要重量轻，这样用户就不会遇到这个页面的长期拖延时间被重定向或加载。
10.Such a long delay is out of the ordinary.
耽搁这么长的时间是少有的。