long
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- n.朗;(服裝的)長尺寸;長褲;【語】長母音
- adj.(長度或距離)長的;(詢問或談論長度或距離)長;長時間的;長久的
- adv.長期地;長久地;(在某一時間或事件之前或以后)很久地
- v.(尤指對看似不會很快發生的事)渴望
- 網絡長整型;長整數;多頭
詞形變化
比較級:longer 最高級:longest 第三人稱單數:longs 現在分詞:longing 過去式:longed 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
距離distance
1. | (長度或距離)長的measuring or covering a great length or distance, or a greater length or distance than usual |
| She had long dark hair. 她留著黑黑的長發。 |
| He walked down the long corridor. 他沿長廊走去。 |
| It was the world's longest bridge. 那座橋當時是世界上最長的。 |
| a long journey/walk/drive/flight 長途旅行╱步行╱駕駛╱飛行 |
| We're a long way from anywhere here. 我們這里離任何一個地方都很遠。 |
| It's a long way away . 那兒離這里很遠。 |
2. | (詢問或談論長度或距離)長used for asking or talking about particular lengths or distances |
| How long is the River Nile? 尼羅河有多長? |
| The table is six feet long. 那張桌子長六英尺。 |
| The report is only three pages long. 這份報告僅有三頁。 |
時間time
3. | 長時間的;長久的;長期的lasting or taking a great amount of time or more time than usual |
| He's been ill (for) a long time . 他生病很久了。 |
| There was a long silence before she spoke. 沉默了很長時間她才開口。 |
| I like it now the days are getting longer(= it stays light for more time each day) . 白天越來越長了,我很喜歡。 |
| a long book/film/list(= taking a lot of time to read/watch/deal with) 篇幅長的書;放映時間長的電影;一份很長的清單 |
| Nurses have to work long hours(= for more hours in the day than is usual) . 護士都不得不長時間地工作。 |
| He stared at them for the longest time(= for a very long time) before answering. 他盯著他們看了好長時間才回答。 |
4. | (詢問或談論某段時間)used for asking or talking about particular periods of time |
| How long is the course? 這門課程要念多久? |
| I think it's only three weeks long. 我想只有三個星期長。 |
| How long a stay did you have in mind? 你原打算待多長時間? |
5. | (因忙或不愉快等)似乎比實際時間長的seeming to last or take more time than it really does because, for example, you are very busy or not happy |
| I'm tired. It's been a long day. 我累了。這一天可真夠長的。 |
| We were married for ten long years. 我們結婚有十年之久了。 |
衣物clothes
6. | 長的(完全或大部分覆蓋腿或臂的)covering all or most of your legs or arms |
| She usually wears long skirts. 她通常穿長裙。 |
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元音vowel sounds
7. | 長音的taking more time to make than a short vowel sound in the same position |
| Have you been here long? 你來這里時間長嗎? |
| Stay as long as you like. 你愿待多久就待多久。 |
| The party went on long into the night. 聚會持續到深夜。 |
| This may take longer than we thought. 這事花的時間也許比我們預料的要多些。 |
| I won't be long(= I'll return, be ready, etc. soon) . 我一會兒就行。 |
| How long have you been waiting? 你等了多久了? |
| These reforms are long overdue. 這些改革早就該進行了。 |
2. | (在某一時間或事件之前或以后)很久地a long time before or after a particular time or event |
| He retired long before the war. 他在戰爭之前早就退休了。 |
| It wasn't long before she had persuaded him(= it only took a short time) . 她沒用多久就把他說服了。 |
| We'll be home before long(= soon) . 我們很快就要到家了。 |
| The house was pulled down long ago . 那棟房子很久以前就被拆掉了。 |
| They had long since(= a long time before the present time) moved away. 他們早就搬走了。 |
3. | (用于名詞后強調某事發生在某整段時間)used after a noun to emphasize that sth happens for the whole of a particular period of time |
| We had to wait all day long . 我們不得不整天等候著。 |
| The baby was crying all night long . 嬰兒整夜在哭。 |
| They stayed up the whole night long . 他們徹夜未眠。 |
1. | [i] (尤指對看似不會很快發生的事)渴望to want sth very much especially if it does not seem likely to happen soon |
| Lucy had always longed for a brother. 露西一直渴望有個弟弟。 |
| He longed for Pat to phone. 他期盼著帕特來電話。 |
| I'm longing to see you again. 我渴望再次見到你。 |
習慣用語
as long as your arm
| There's a list of repairs as long as your arm. 有一份長得要命的修理單。 |
at long last
| At long last his prayers had been answered. 他的禱告終于應驗了。 |
at the longest
最長,至多(不超過某特定時間)not longer than the particular time given
| It will take an hour at the longest. 這事最多花一小時。 |
by a long way
go back a long way
相識很久to have known each other for a long time
| We go back a long way, he and I. 我跟他,我們倆相識很久了。 |
go a long way
經用;夠維持很長時間to last a long time
| She seems to make her money go a long way. 看起來她用錢細水長流。 |
| A small amount of this paint goes a long way(= covers a large area) . 這種涂料用一點就可涂一大片。 |
| I find that a little of Jerry's company can go a long way(= I quickly get tired of being with him) . 我發覺跟杰里待上一會兒就受不了啦。 |
have come a long way
取得大的進步;大有長進to have made a lot of progress
| We've come a long way since the early days of the project. 這項目開始以來我們已取得很大進展。 |
have a long way to go
還有很長的路要走;還有很大差距to need to make a lot of progress before you can achieve sth
| She still has a long way to go before she's fully fit. 她還需要很長時間才能完全恢復健康。 |
how long is a piece of string?
一條線有多長(意指沒有確切的答案)used to say that there is no definite answer to a question
| ‘How long will it take?’ ‘How long's a piece of string?’ “需要多長時間?”“沒準兒。” |
in the long run
從長遠來看concerning a longer period in the future
| This measure inevitably means higher taxes in the long run. 從長遠來看這項措施的結果免不了要多納稅。 |
its a long story
一言難盡;說來話長used to say that the reasons for sth are complicated and you would prefer not to give all the details
the long arm of sth
(某事物的)權力,權威the power and/or authority of sth
| There is no escape from the long arm of the law. 法網恢恢,疏而不漏。 |
the long and (the) short of it
總而言之;總的情況used when you are telling sb the essential facts about sth or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details
(pull, wear, etc.) a long face
悶悶不樂;哭喪著臉;愁眉苦臉(to have) an unhappy or disappointed expression
long in the tooth
long on sth
擅長;頗具(某種特性)having a lot of a particular quality
| The government is long on ideas but short on performance. 這個政府想法很多但成效太少。 |
a long shot
成功希望不大的嘗試;把握不大的猜測;姑妄一猜an attempt or a guess that is not likely to be successful but is worth trying
| It's a long shot, but it just might work. 沒有什么把握,但也許行得通。 |
long time no see
好久不見了used to say hello to sb you have not seen for a long time
not by a long chalk
差得遠;絕不;一點也不not nearly; not at all
| It's not over yet─not by a long chalk. 這事還沒有了結,還差得遠呢。 |
take a long (cool/hard) look at sth
極其慎重地考慮(問題或可能性)to consider a problem or possibility very carefully and without hurrying
| We need to take a long hard look at all the options. 我們需要十分謹慎地考慮所有的選擇。 |
take the long view (of sth)
從長遠考慮to consider what is likely to happen or be important over a long period of time rather than only considering the present situation
to cut a long story short
長話短說;扼要地說;簡而言之used when you are saying that you will get to the point of what you are saying quickly, without including all the details
as/so long as
| We'll go as long as the weather is good. 只要天氣好我們就去。 |
既然;由于;就…來說since; to the extent that
| So long as there is a demand for these drugs, the financial incentive for drug dealers will be there. 只要對這些毒品有需求,就存在著對販毒者的經濟誘因。 |
for (so) long
長久地;(這么)長時間地for (such) a long time
| Will you be away for long? 你要離開很久嗎? |
| I'm sorry I haven't written to you for so long. 真抱歉,我這么長時間未給你寫信。 |
how long have you got?
你有多少時間(指需要很長時間來解釋)used to say that sth is going to take a long time to explain
| What do I think about it? How long have you got? 這事我是怎么想的?說來話長,你有時間聽嗎? |
long live sb/sth
…萬歲;…萬古常青used to say that you hope sb/sth will live or last for a long time
no/any longer
不再;不復used to say that sth which was possible or true before, is not now
| I can't wait any longer. 我不能再等了。 |
| He no longer lives here. 他不再住這兒了。 |
so long
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
His wife nagged at him all day long .
他妻子整天嘮嘮叨叨責備他。
And a wrong judgement could lead you to go the long way around.
一個錯誤的判斷就會讓你走很長的彎路。
But so long as struggle hard , one of today seems to be dream that can't be realized forever, can unquestionably turn into a fact tomorrow!
但是只要努力奮斗,今天的一個看似永遠無法實現的夢想,明天一定能變成事實!
There was a time, not so long ago, when any Chelsea supporter would be ecstatic about that prospect.
曾經有一段時間,不久之前,切爾西的球迷們對于未來信心滿滿。
Integration is just a summation over a continuous section of a curve, so that won't stay scary for very long, either.
積分是一段連續曲線的相加,所以那不會讓你郁悶太久。
It would have been too long. I don't think they would have made it if somebody wasn't there to help them get out.
她們被困了很長時間。我想如果沒人幫她們出來,她們不會活下來。
The Lake Erie has long been used as the platform for the sea-based missile defense program.
伊利湖號長期以來一直被用于海基的導彈防御系統平臺。
One night, exhausted with a long time of hard study, I was ready to go to bed.
一天晚上,在學習了很久之后,我已經非常疲憊,準備睡覺。
Even after his doctor told him he had lung cancer after, chichester would not give up the long-cherished wish to travel around the world.
甚至在他的醫生告訴他患有肺癌之后,奇切斯特仍不肯放棄環球旅行的夙愿。
Some French politicians suspect the United States of using Britain as a Trojan Horse to undermine the long-term aims of the European Union.
某些法國政治家懷疑美國想把英國作為破壞歐洲聯盟長期目標的特洛伊木馬。
A classified ad is usually only a few lines long. It is really a notice or announcement that something is available.
每一則分類廣告的長度通常只有三兩行,這實際上就是通知某種東西或某種服務現在已經有了。
Stop flicking through the mail if she's trying to talk with you or turning off the TV long enough to answer a question.
如果她嘗試要和你交談,停止敲打鍵盤去寫你的郵件。或者關上電視,直到你回答完了她的問題。
Beside allowing you to upload files, OpenSSH allows you to login to your server from anywhere as long as you know it's IP.
除了允許你上傳文件外,只要你知道你的IP,OpenSSH允許你從任何地方登陸到你的服務器。對于Windows,你需要一個SSH客戶端。
Although this event did not last long, these men fully experienced the difficulties of being a woman.
這個活動雖然持續時間不長,但讓這些男人充分體驗到了做女人的難處。
Your contribution does not have to be special, as long as it comes from the heart and soul.
你的貢獻不需要特別,而是都能夠一直發自于內心與靈魂的真心。
The long white hairs of his head and beard began to melt into the floor, and the abundance of his presence began to disappear.
老人的呼吸變淺了,他長長的白發和胡須開始化成水滴到地板上,他那龐大飽滿的身體開始消逝。
Obviously then a Woman is not to be irritated as long as she is in a position where she can turn round.
很明顯,婦女只要呆在一個能夠轉身的地方,她就不會被激怒。
I never stick around quite long enough to make it, well I deserve nothing more than I get.
我也沒有堅持足夠長的時間去使它成為現實,那么我只配得到這么一點。
Now I mean the value stuff, I chose a particular story where in a long run, it turned out, you know, kind of a good way.
我是說價值觀這類東西,我選擇的故事是說在長期之內,價值觀都是,一個必要的東西。
Just as you see, I can also sit at my desk long enough to write my blog now.
您也看到了,我也可以長時間坐在辦公桌前寫博了。
He looks out of the windows from which she looked out, not long ago, upon the weather that bored her to death.
他望著窗外,而不久以前,夫人也在這里望著窗外那使她煩得要死的天氣。
The only known elevated steel tank designed to resist earthquake forces was a 75, 000-gal structure near the Long Beach waterfront.
唯一經過抗震設計的容量為75000加侖的架上鋼水槽,位于長灘海岸附近。
But I shall lay his death at the door, as long as I live, and die I know he will.
但我會把他死這筆帳全得算在你頭上,只要我活著;我知道他一定會送命的。
I entered into a long discourse with him about the Devil, the original of him, his rebellion against God.
我又用了很長的時間跟他談到魔鬼的問題:他的來歷,他對上帝的叛逆。
As it grew later the fire was made up in the large long hall into which the staircase descended.
隨著天色漸晚,那個通往樓上的又大又長的門廳里生起了火。
We're not politicians, like you; we've gone through hell long enough to want something of the other thing.
我們不像你,我們都不是政客;我們已經吃夠了苦,要嘗嘗別的滋味了。
Now, just as he had fought his way to the top, his hold had given way and he was pitching down head-long into darkness.
而現在,正當他奮力找到了一條通向頂峰的道路時,攀緣之處突然坍塌,他正在頭朝下向黑暗的深淵墜落下去。
They had not been long put off with the boat, but we perceived them all coming on shore again.
他們剛把小船開走不大的工夫,我們就看見他們又一齊重新回到岸上。
It was as if the wind and rain had lulled at last, after a long and fearful storm.
這時好象在長久而可怖的狂風暴雨之后終于得到了寧靜似的。
She was hatless and white faced and her long grey hair streamed down her back as she lashed the horse like a Fury.
她頭上沒戴帽子,面孔雪白。她狠狠地抽著那匹馬,灰色的長頭發在背脊上飄漾。
At long last, we would be able to convey that there was some genuine accountability at Chrysler.
我們終于能夠向人們宣揚,現在克萊斯勒公司有人真正敢于負責。
Similarly, high heat flows are to be expected among the active or not-too-long extinct magmatic belts of plate approximation zones.
同樣,在板塊相互靠近的地帶的活動巖漿帶或熄滅不久的巖漿帶中也可以出現高熱流。
His thin long nose ran out as if it was eager to bore into the nature of things in general.
他的細長的鼻子直往前鉆,仿佛世界上的事情他都要鉆個透似的。
I took my eyes off his wife long enough to listen to him, even though she slumbered in my senses all the while.
我把眼光從他妻子身上移下來,長時間地聆聽著他講話,盡管我當時一時一刻都在想著她。
It's you who are telling me things I should have known; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.
是你在告訴我我應當知道的事,擦亮我的眼睛,使我看清了我看得太久以致視而不見的東西。
It isn't for the sake of food and wages that I've been waiting about so long in hopes to see you.
我并不是為了吃飯和工錢才這樣長久地等待著想跟你見一面呀。
Or is all this an empty conceit, the vaporing of the tired and overwrought brain of a life long liberal?
再不然,這一切是不是一種無聊的妄自尊大,是不是一個畢生開明的人疲乏過度大腦的幻想呢?
I throw dust in her eyes, but I cannot hope to keep her in ignorance for long.
我蒙混她的視聽,但我不能期望長期對她隱瞞。
The child follows her mother about all day long.
孩子整天圍著她母親轉。
It lies on the map like the top half of a broken cane, parallel with the Equator but a long, long way north.
它在地圖上就象一根破爛手杖的上半節,和南面平行的赤道遙遙相望。
In 1931 all the long voyages ended for him in a hobo jungle.
一九三一年,他結束了長途的奔波,來到了一個流浪漢的營地上。
The moment had come when in the long, romantic history of Japan the most fearful plunge was to be made.
在日本的悠久和離奇的歷史中行將作一次最可怕的冒險的時刻已經到來。
Before I left Long Island I saw that she was beginning to lay her toils for Mattie.
我離開長島前就發覺她已開始對瑪迪擺下迷魂陣了。
Sometimes he took notes all period long, sometimes he sat with his arms folded, his expression distant and critical.
他有時整課都在記筆記,有時又把兩只胳膊合抱起來坐在那兒,一臉冷淡,挑剔的神氣。
Perhaps the only surprising feature is that it has taken so long to establish itself on the British side of the Atlantic.
唯一不同尋常之處是,它花了如此之久的時間方在大西洋英國這一邊扎了根。
The old man opened his eyes and for a moment he was coming back from a long way away.
老頭兒睜開了眼睛。這一會兒,他仿佛正從老遠的路上走回來似的。
But the best of Dodo was that she did not keep angry for long together.
但多多的好處是,要不了多久,她的氣就消了。
When the war broke out he had not been long qualified and was getting experience at various hospitals.
戰爭爆發時,他剛取得醫師合格證書不久,正在各醫院里實習。
Out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.
從那些長期遮住他視線的虛無縹渺的迷霧中,現在突然跳出了一個有血有肉的惡魔!
When matters didn't go well for our family, she said that she did not need a new dress as long as she had the earrings.
家境不寬裕的時候,她說只要有耳環,不必添新服裝。
That's a big "if, " however. The long-term stability of a semi-capitalist state run by an authoritarian Communist Party is unclear.
這是個很夸張的“如果”,然而長期穩定對共產主義威權控制的半資本主義國家而言是不確定的。
And yet each new conflict is only another episode in bombing's long history of promises about "cost-free" victory and clean war.
可是每一次新的沖突都只是轟炸的漫長歷史上新的一章,這歷史代表著無損失勝利和干凈的戰爭。
That might be taking things a bit far. But the long tail is certainly one of the internet's better gifts to humanity.
這么說可能有點言過其實了,但是“長尾巴”肯定是互聯網賜予人類的一件上佳禮物。
Field applications show that these techniques can be successfully used to solve problems of cementing the long open holes in this area.
現場應用表明,這些技術措施較好地解決了該地區封固長裸眼段的難題。
Mary was able to lie in the sun by the hotel swimming pool, while Ted went off for long walks in the mountains with a group of hikers.
在那里瑪麗可以躺在旅館的游泳池畔曬太陽,而特德則與一隊登山者踏上山林之旅。
Has been cold for a long time, yesterday like a crazy person in the playground playing basketball, resulting in a sprain to his feet.
已經感冒好久了,昨天瘋了似的一個人在操場打籃球,結果把腳給扭傷了。
It is possible that the United States and European countries will not be able to maintain their long held dominance over the world economy.
像美國和歐洲諸國,這些長期以來對世界經濟起著主導作用的國家,很有可能將風光不再。
When my heart stopped pounding and my face was no longer scarlet, the encounter between the kitchen and the hall seemed a long way away.
當我的心臟停止了狂跳、我的臉不再緋紅時,在廚房和走廊里遇到的那個人似乎顯得遙遠了。
After Cold War, conflict between race and religion which had been concealed for a long time became heated suddenly.
冷戰后,長期被掩蓋的民族宗教矛盾驟然升溫。
After years of 'long-short' investing, Mr. von Mueffling and his analysts and traders no longer short, or bet against, stocks at all.
經過數年的多空投資,穆弗林及其分析師和交易員完全不再做空股票。
The 'creature' is two feet long, has an enormous head, large bulbous eyes and an appearance somewhere between a fish and a humanoid.
“外星人”長約2英尺,頭部巨大,長著大大的球狀雙眼,外貌看起來介于魚類和人類之間。
They stood there, for a long, long time, watching how the breezes carried the boat around the pond.
他們站在那里,站了很長一段時間,看著那只小船乘著輕風在池塘中繞行。
Biologists had long believed that this talent for neurogenesis was reserved for young, developing minds and was lost with age.
長久以來,生物學家以為只有幼小發育中的腦才擁有神經新生(neurogenesis)的能力,且隨著年紀增長而消失。
She had a fine face with large dark eyes and long, black hair.
她較好的面龐上有著大大的黑眼睛和長長的黑頭發。
For many Anglicans, and for a long time, Roman Catholicism was not just a foreign, superstitious creed, it was demonstrably cruel.
很多圣公會教徒長期以來都認為羅馬天主教不僅僅是來自異域、充滿迷信的教條,它簡直就是殘酷的化身。
It did not take long for them to fully embrace European portrait painting, and by the 18th century it had become an 'imperial tradition'.
他們很快便完全接受了歐洲肖像畫,到了18世紀,它已經成了一種“皇家傳統”。
Rather than commit to a long contract, try to arrange a short-term trial run of a month or two to see if it works for you.
先別簽定長期的合約,而要設法安排一兩個月的短期試驗課程,看看是否適合你再說。
It was during one of those long, hot summers that seemed to go on forever that we decided to build the tree house.
那是個漫長、酷熱得像是沒有盡頭的夏日,我們決定在樹上建一個小房子。
Our mission now questions how much the Saudis can now substantively influence the crude markets over the long term.
現在,我們的任務在質疑究竟沙特在原油市場上能產生多少實質性的長期影響。
The conduction electrons associated with the iodine can move along the chains as if they were long thin wires.
碘中所含的傳導電子能夠沿著鏈運動,就好象這些鏈是長的細導線一樣。
Through the long four years of struggle he stood out an inflexible conviction, a steadfast will.
在漫長的四年斗爭中,他始終堅持一個不動搖的信念,一個堅定不移的意志。
He shook one of his long broad fingers at him.
他還伸出一個粗長的指頭沖他一晃。
His father is always on at him about his long hair.
他爸爸總是因他頭發長罵他。
When it come to that, Simley would ante up money on him as long as he had a red.
賽起這個來的時候,斯邁利就拚命在他這一邊押賭注,連最后一個錢都押上。
He disposed of its contents with much circumspection, holding it for a long time close to his chin, with his face turned to the house.
他喝茶時小心翼翼,把杯子擎在嘴邊,停了好大一會兒,眼睛在端詳對面那幢房子。
Long hair for men seems to be coming back in.
男子留長發好像又在流行了。
It was as though day had dawned after a long and fearful night.
好象經過漫長而可怕的黑夜之后天又亮了。
She saw before her a long and stony highway which she had to tread, without aid, and with little sympathy.
她只見到,她面前是一條崎嶇的綿綿遠道,得自己單人獨行,沒人同情,更沒人幫助。
Smirke did not care for the impertinences of the Major so long as he had his hostess' kind behaviour.
少校的盛氣凌人,斯默克并不在乎,只要女主人對他親熱一些就成了。
As I kept up my daily tour to the hill, to look out, so long also I kept up the vigour of my design.
在我每天到小山上巡邏和了望的期間,我始終保持著我實行計劃的銳氣。