Or would they cut their losses and change course for the longer and more expensive route around Africa?

还是他们会减少损失，改变路线，绕过非洲走更长、更昂贵的航线？

I'm driving to my friend's house today but I'm going to take the long route, avoiding the motorway.

今天我要开车去我朋友家，我打算走较长的那条路线，不走高速公路。

There's method to my madness, I think the motorway will be very busy and the longer route will be quicker.

我这么做是有原因的，我认为高速公路的车流量会很大，而较长的路线会更快一些。

So, where could our longest route start?

那么， 我们最长的路线从哪里开始呢？

On long routes, the options are more limited.

在长途路线上，选择更加有限。

The closure forced major European airlines to suspend some flights and take longer and more costly routes across the African continent.

关闭迫使欧洲主要航空公司暂停一些航班，并在非洲大陆开设更长、更昂贵的航线。

Medium and long routes may also be launched in the future to take travelers to destinations along the Maritime Silk Road.

未来还可能推出中长航线，将旅客带到“海上丝绸之路”沿线的目的地。

That is six straight days of driving, but it’s not even close to the longest route.

这是连续六天的驾驶， 但距离最长的路线还差得很远。

We are gonna have to take the long route to your destination to work out some of these issues.

我们将不得不走很长的路到你的目的地来解决其中的一些问题。

In fact, quite understandably, North America, South America, and Australia all don’t have any of the longest routes.

事实上，可以理解的是，北美、南美和澳大利亚都没有最长的路线。

Terrified of cannibals, they decided to forgo the closest islands and instead embarked on the longer and much more difficult route to South America.

由于害怕食人族，他们决定放弃航行到最近的岛屿，而选择了更长、更艰难的去往南美洲的航线。

In Poblenou, residents protested against  their own new superblock in 2017, saying it forced them to take long  and convoluted routes to get home.

在 Poblenou，居民在 2017 年抗议他们自己的新超级街区，称这迫使他们走漫长而复杂的路线回家。

Are you sure? Uh, I mean, you have such a long route, and that ice tea's gonna go right through ya. It's better here than Mrs. Mccluskey's hydrangeas.

你确定？你还有那么多信要送，冰茶会从你身体里流出来的。在这里比在Mccluskey夫人的绣球花要好多了。

I think the other way is a longer route, but I think that is what we have chosen to do and that is to reach out to people's hearts.

我认为另一条路是一条更长的路， 但我认为那是我们选择要做的，那就是触及人们的心灵。

But the lack of a border crossing means, thousands of feet pilgrims have to take a long route, first to the Pakistani border city Lahore and then a three to four hour journey from there to get here.

但由于缺乏过境交通方式，成千上万的朝圣者必须步行很远先到达巴基斯坦边境城市--拉合尔，然后再花费三到四个小时才能到达这里。