时间有些太长了
“it was a long time ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
去年二月份的专机执勤
“The special plane duty last February...”
时间有些太长了
“it was a long time ago.”
具体时间有些想不起来了
“I can't recall the exact time.”
“Don't expect me to remember every detail after all this time.”
Chinese speakers often soften potential incompetence or lack of cooperation with mild qualifiers like '有些' (somewhat) before admitting they cannot remember.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a bit too long
A polite, softened way to complain about or excuse something based on elapsed time.
Signifies a change of state or an evaluation that the duration has reached an excessive point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it has been a bit long.”
“Maybe too much time has passed.”
“Three hours is way too long. Let's go.”
“we've still lost quite a bit of time.”
“You've been domineering for days.”
“it's been a long time.”
“They feel so far away.”