He built lighthouses and for a while was responsible for most of the lighthouses around the world.
他建造了灯塔，有一段时间全世界绝大多数灯塔都在他的掌管之下。Yes, I live here with his sister and she said that she saw him there, quite a while ago.
对。我和他姐姐住在这儿，她说前一段时间她在那儿见过他。I actually took some time off from trying to get girls and committed myself to becoming a more normal, adjusted guy.
我花了一段时间不再想女孩，而着力于让自己变成一个正常的，适应环境的男人。Nick tells her that finding something in all this paperwork will take forever, that it's likely just a waste of time.
Nick说，要想从这些文书中找到线索得花好长一段时间，很有可能只是浪费时间。We'd been puzzled by the high-rise syndrome for a long time, the name that we give for cats falling out of windows.
我们有很长一段时间困惑于高层综合症，这是我们给猫从窗户掉下去的一种统称。To put it more bluntly, the business was hemorrhaging cash and would have continued to do so.
更坦白一点说，该行业造成资金损失并且将持续一段时间。A sudden drop in cooling water levels when a pump ran out of fuel had fully exposed the fuel rods for a time, an official said.
由于灌注海水的水泵的燃料用完导致冷却水位突然下降，使得燃料棒有一段时间完全露出水面。They have had the report about neutron initiators for some time, part of a trove of documents collected from different governments.
一段时间之前，此机构已经写出了关于中子起爆器的报告，报告的有些部分来源于从不同政府搜集到的隐匿文件。Once you've been running for a while, you may eventually have to deal with the pain and inconvenience of an injury.
当你跑了一段时间后，终将会遇到伤痛和损伤的困绕。