Are All Men Equal ?
The upper classes, so long the rulers of the old settlements, now used to it, and liking it, were not ready to give up their power.
上层阶级许久以来一直是原殖民地的统治者,他们已经习惯于并且喜欢少数人统治,是不愿意放弃他们的权力的。
句中so long所在词组相当于定语从句which have been the rules of the old settlements for so long( that they were not…).
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