the time is long overdue的意思|示意

Considering that Chinese has the largest number of speakers in the world and the greatest time depth in its literature, this interest is long overdue.

对于这门拥有世界上使用人数最多、文学历史最悠久的语言来说，这股学习热潮早该出现了。

There are three paces of time: the future long overdue, the present is flying like an arrow, the past never stand still.

时间的步伐有三种：未来姗姗来迟，现在象箭一般飞逝，过去永远静立不动。

Also, the time period for collecting the overdue debts of Chinese enterprises is relatively long.

为中国企业追收欠帐需耗费相当时日，而且欠帐时间越长，成功追收的机会越低。