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slif things go on like this; persist in so doing
这些青少年不好好儿念书,长此以往,怎么得了?
These teenagers don't work hard at their studies. If they go on like this, what will become of them?
长此以往,我担心他会疯掉。
I fear for his sanity if this continues much longer.
这也使得他闷闷不乐,脾气暴躁,长此以往,就和朋友们疏远了。
This also made him moody and bad-tempered, a trait that would persist and lose him friends.
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