請教英文高手 lengths 在這句子裡的用法?

length on time----amount of time something lasts,length of the course,the length of time, any length of time, for a long time, depends on length of time,

length to do something---to put a lot of effort into doing something
eg:-She goes to extraordinary lengths to show off her dancing life in the interview.

the length and breadth of---in or to all parts of a place;-
eg:-She has danced the length and breadth of 108 acrobatic skills in the interview before giving a job.
=You need to go to similiar lengths( of time)of performers before (before) you can expect to find work.
=before is a preposition, no one before you as a performer in the interview.

Jim cherishes the whole nine years staying behind the bars next to AP.

請教高手~我不懂的是" lengths "在這裡的用法~我怎麼想，者麼翻譯都不對呀~

用"length"來表示＂努力（的程度）＂在人類語言裡面，相當常見吧？你怎會醬吃驚呢？就這例子來說：

"to go to ... lengths" = 盡。。。的努力

例子們：
He went to the full lengths to get elected. 他全力競選。
She would go to any lengths to get the dress 她願意為了得到那件衣物而犧牲一切。


除了 length(s) 以外，還有許多　類詞　也有相同用法：

像是 the whole nine years = 全心全力，完完全全

學語　有必要那麼死嗎？


2015-07-01 21:33:54 補充：
＞表演者相同的＂造詣＂

不行，不行。Lengths 在應該這裡是＂過程＂多於＂結果＂。

2015-07-01 21:40:07 補充：
像是 the whole nine yards = 全心全力，完完全全

sorry for the typo

2015-07-02 08:09:39 補充：
Jim dude lives in a prison building?

2015-07-03 02:26:11 補充：
There are indeed a few bars in my neighborhood. But I am not sure Jim dude lives behind any of them.

Nonetheless, they are the only places where you are allowed to bear your own pall. That saves everyone a bundle!

length本意為"長度,距離"的意思,在這裡應翻為"造詣",也就是你必須繼續訓練到與其他表演者相同的造詣,才能期待找到工作.

2015-07-02 05:02:52 補充：
我想樓上的prisoner是對的. 過程多於結果.

2015-07-06 06:05:12 補充：
Length of time?怎麼可能???原文為"lengths"意即為可數名詞,length沒有s則為不可數名詞,牛頭不對馬嘴,此處怎可以翻成length of time??? 別逗了好不好???