long
adv. 長時間地; 很久地; (多)長(時間); 始終
adj. 長的; 長期的; 長音的
v. 渴望
Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time.
Repairs to the cable did not take too long...
電纜的維修沒有花太長的時間。
Have you known her parents long?...
你認識她父母很長時間了嗎?
A long event or period of time lasts for a great amount of time or takes a great amount of time.
We had a long meeting with the attorney general...
我們和檢察總長開了一個長會。
She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America...
她計劃去埃及和美國度長假。
You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time.
How long have you lived around here?...
你住在這一帶有多長時間了?
He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember...
在朋友的記憶中,他一直都在節食。
A long speech, book, film, or list contains a lot of information or a lot of items and takes a lot of time to listen to, read, watch, or deal with.
He was making quite a long speech...
他的講話頗為冗長。
This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.
這部電影較長,有3小時7分鐘。
If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does.
Go to sleep. I've got a long day tomorrow...
睡覺吧。我明天還得忙呢。
She was a TV reporter and worked long hours...
她是個電視臺記者,總是工作到很晚。
If someone has a long memory, they are able to remember things that happened far back in the past.
Long is used in expressions such as all year long ,the whole day long, and your whole life long to say and emphasize that something happens for the whole of a particular period of time.
We played that record all night long...
我們整晚都在放那張唱片。
Snow is sometimes found all summer long upon the highest peaks.
有時候山峰上整個夏天都有積雪。
1. a comparatively long time;
1. desire strongly or persistently
1. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified;
2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified;
3. of relatively great height;
4. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;
5. of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
6. used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
7. involving substantial risk;
8. (of memory) having greater than average range;
9. planning prudently for the future;
10. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains";
1. for an extended time or at a distant time;
2. for an extended distance
desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long
這些動詞都有"希望"之意。
yearn, long, thirst
這些動詞均含"渴望"之意。
as (或 so) long as
一直,整個時間裡
只要
be long
很長時間才能發生(或到達)
in the long run
長期地,長遠來看;最後
long time no see
(非正式)(問候語)好久不見
not by a long shot
決不(可能)
so long
(南非)在此期間,與此同時
take the long view
從長遠考慮;做長遠打算
any longer
用更多的時間
as long as 或 so long as
在…的時間之內
既然;因為
以…為條件;只要
before long
很快
long ago
以前:在現在以前的一個時間或一段時間
很久以前:很久以前的一個時間
long in the tooth
變老
no longer
不再:現在與以前不同
not long for
不大可能在…中存在很久
I was a tired man when the long race was over.
我跑完長跑後疲乏極了.
At ( long ) last he knew the meaning of life.
終於,他知道了生命的意義.
The inscription of the monument has worn away over a long period of time.
年深月久,碑文已經磨滅了.
He did not agree until I had talked to him for a long time.
我勸說了半天,他才肯了.
It was a long story with many ands.
這故事說來話長,有許多細節.