❶ 会议延长了。The meeting is dragging on.
同类表达 He drew the meeting out. 他延长了会议。
❷ 每个议题只有十五分钟时间。There will be fifteen minutes for each item.
同类表达 We'll have to keep each item to fifteen minutes. Otherwise we'll never get through. 我们需要将每个议题控制在十五分钟以内，否则的话我们永远也完成不了。
❸ 会议要开很长时间。It's going to be a long meeting.
同类表达 This meeting is time-consuming. 这个会议真费时。
对话 A: It's going to be a long meeting. 会议要开很长时间。
B: Oh, it seems that I have to cancel the appointment tonight. 哦，看来我得取消今天晚上的约会了。
❹ 把这个会议延长是浪费时间。It would be a waste of time to prolong the meeting.
❺ 会议比预计时间延长了半个小时。The meeting took half an hour more than it was supposed to.
对话 A: The meeting took half an hour more than it was supposed to. 会议比预计时间延长了半个小时。
B: Yes. We wasted a lot of time on the third item. 是呀，我们在第三个议题上浪费了很多时间。
❻ 我认为我们最好把它留到下次会议再讨论。I think we'd better leave that for the next meeting.
同类表达 We have to leave that to another time. 我们不得不再找时间讨论这个。
❼ 可惜的是，我们没有足够的时间了。It's a pity that we're running short of time.
同类表达 I'm afraid we've run out of time. 恐怕我们没有时间了。
❽ 别白费口舌了。Stop beating a dead horse.
同类表达 I think we've spent enough time on this topic. 我想我们已经在这个话题上花费了足够多的时间。
❾ 言归正传吧！Let's get back to the point!
同类表达 Get to the heart of the matter! 谈问题的实质吧！
❿ 我们忽略了这一点。We've lost sight of the point here.