So it's not true that we just want to maximize the time span.

所以说我们只想最大化使用时间是不对的。

And I guess, you know, we have spanned all that time.

我想，你知道，我们已经跨越了所有的时间。

All told, the heyday of the giant fungus spanned 70 million years -- a short time that saw a lot of change.

总而言之，这种巨型真菌的鼎盛时期跨越了 7000 万年——这段时间发生了很多变化。

And the episodic nature of it just meant that it had that glorious, slow unfurling of the character in an arc that spans more time.

它的剧集性质意味着，它可以在跨越更多时间的情节中，光彩夺目地、缓慢地展现人物形象。

Once believed to be a myth, the gargantuan circular construct, with a surface area spanning three million times that of Earth, had captured the imagination of explorers and scholars alike.

这个巨大的圆形建筑曾经被认为是一个神话，其表面积是地球的三百万倍，但却激发了探险家和学者们的想象力。

Their impacts could then span a much larger time of the year, and that could cost a lot more money in terms of the effort that needs to go into monitoring and protecting the public from the toxins that they produce.

然后，它们的影响可能会跨越一年中更长的时间，并且就需要投入大量精力来监测和保护公众免受它们产生的毒素的影响而言，这可能会花费更多的钱。