duration
n[U]
1 time during which sth lasts or continues 持续时间; 期间
of short, long, three years', etc duration 短的、 长的、 持续三年的一段时间
for the duration of this government 本届政府执政期间.
2 (idm 习语) for the duration (infml 口)
(a) until the end of the war 在战争期间.
(b) (fig 比喻) for a very long time 很长的时间
Well, I'm stuck here for the duration, eg for the whole term. 哎, 这段时间(如整个学期)我只得呆在这里了.
Hello, Betty. When are you going off to Guangzhou?
你好,贝蒂。你什么时候去广州?
No, I'm afraid I'm not.
不,恐怕我来不了了。
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.