句中but he took a long time to send The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts,but he took a long time to send them.Meanwhile,the editor was getting impatient,for the magazine would soon go to press.原文：记者立即出发去核实这些重要的事实,但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来,在此期间,编辑等得不耐烦了,因为杂志马上要付印.句中but he took a long time to send them个人理解：他过了很长时间才把它们发送过去.
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句中but he took a long time to send
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts,but he took a long time to send them.Meanwhile,the editor was getting impatient,for the magazine would soon go to press.
原文：记者立即出发去核实这些重要的事实,但过了好长时间不见他把数字寄来,在此期间,编辑等得不耐烦了,因为杂志马上要付印.
句中but he took a long time to send them个人理解：他过了很长时间才把它们发送过去.
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个人理解，发与未发不必深究，总之他办这事情耗时太久，编辑还没收到就是了。
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按你的理解那他应该已经发了,这样子与那个在此期间矛盾,应该是还没发,且过好久时间了,才会有下文的在此期间.发了就没有期间这一说了