在科技准备好之前需要五到十年。

It will be five or ten years before the technology is ready.

It will take five to ten years for the technology to be ready.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
2 科技 kējì science and technology
3 准备 zhǔnbèi
  1. preparation
  2. to prepare
  3. to intend
  4. to be about to
  5. reserve (fund)
=4 好 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
=4 好 hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
5 之前 zhīqián
  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand
6 需要 xūyào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
7 五 wǔ
  1. five
  2. 5
8 到 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
9 十年 shínián ten years; decade