it was not long before

常见例句

It was not long before a new difficulty appeared. Namely, working with this equation, one found that the electron had states of negative energy.
隨即一個新問題就被發現了，那就是，在解這個方程的時候，我們會發現電子有負能量的能級。
It was not long before the party usurped the workers’ soviets and banned an independent press and justice system.
沒過多久，政黨就篡奪了工人的囌維埃政權，廢棄了獨立的出版和司法系統。
It was not long before the future British Open champion started tasting success after teaming up with compatriot Charl Schwartzel to win his first title at the World Junior Team Championships in 2000.
其實這不是烏脩仁第一次品嘗到勝利的喜悅。早在2000年，他就和同胞卡爾.施瓦澤在世界青少年冠軍賽中配對取得第一名。

As president, it was not long before he got into trouble in the battles of politics and government.
It was not long before American soldiers reached the European continent.
It did not take long before my friend's dishonesty was discovered.

It was not long before critics and commentators starting calling his reform by another word: privatization.
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