" Oh, dear, " she said with a sigh, " what a long day this is going to be, " and she looked wishfully up the street.

“哎呀，”她叹口气说道，“这将是多漫长的一天啊。”她眼巴巴地看着街道的尽头。

We can't just keep postponing actually dealing with it or wishfully thinking that tweaking around the edges around the retirement age will fix it.

我们不能只是继续推迟实际处理它，或者一厢情愿地认为围绕退休年龄的边缘进行调整就能解决它。