long

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

adj.

同義詞

英漢雙解

adj.
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。
a long-sleeved shirt
長袖襯衫
元音vowel sounds
7.
長音的taking more time to make than a short vowel sound in the same position
adv.
1.
長期地;長久地for a long time
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。
v.
— see also
longed-for
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
很長very long
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
最后;終于after a long time
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
大量地;大大地by a great amount
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
年齒漸長;老朽old or too old
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
只要only if
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
再見goodbye

英漢解釋

adj.
1.
長,長的
2.
眾多的,充足的,大的
3.
長久的,長期的
4.
〈詩〉長音的,重讀的;【語】長音(節)的
5.
冗長的,拖長的
6.
個子高的
7.
...以上,足足
8.
達到遠方的
9.
【商】行情看漲的,做多頭的
10.
長于...的
adv.
1.
長久;久已
2.
始終
3.
遙遠地
n.
1.
(服裝的)長尺寸;長褲
2.
【語】長母音;長音節;長子音
3.
長期間
4.
同“long vacation”
5.
【商】看漲的人,做多頭的人
6.
7.
【男名】男子名
8.
【姓氏】郎
v.
1.
渴想,極想,渴望

英英解釋

adj.
adv.
n.
v.

例句

His wife nagged at him all day long .

妻子整天嘮嘮叨叨責備

And a wrong judgement could lead you to go the long way around.

一個錯誤判斷彎路

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一個看似永遠無法實現夢想明天一定變成事實

There was a time, not so long ago, when any Chelsea supporter would be ecstatic about that prospect.

曾經一段時間不久之前切爾西球迷對于未來信心滿滿

Integration is just a summation over a continuous section of a curve, so that won't stay scary for very long, either.

積分一段連續曲線相加所以不會郁悶

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.

她們時間如果她們出來她們不會下來

The Lake Erie has long been used as the platform for the sea-based missile defense program.

伊利長期以來一直被用于導彈防御系統平臺

One night, exhausted with a long time of hard study, I was ready to go to bed.

一天晚上學習之后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.

甚至醫生告訴患有肺癌之后奇切斯特不肯放棄環球旅行夙愿

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英國作為破壞歐洲聯盟長期目標特洛伊木馬

A classified ad is usually only a few lines long. It is really a notice or announcement that something is available.

每一分類廣告長度通常只有三兩實際上就是通知東西服務現在已經

Stop flicking through the mail if she's trying to talk with you or turning off the TV long enough to answer a question.

如果嘗試交談停止敲打鍵盤郵件或者關上電視直到回答完了問題

Beside allowing you to upload files, OpenSSH allows you to login to your server from anywhere as long as you know it's IP.

除了允許上傳文件只要知道IP,OpenSSH允許任何地方登陸服務器對于Windows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這些男人充分體驗女人難處

Your contribution does not have to be special, as long as it comes from the heart and soul.

貢獻需要特別而是能夠一直發自內心靈魂真心

The long white hairs of his head and beard began to melt into the floor, and the abundance of his presence began to disappear.

老人呼吸白發胡須開始水滴地板龐大飽滿身體開始消逝

Obviously then a Woman is not to be irritated as long as she is in a position where she can turn round.

明顯婦女只要一個能夠轉身地方不會激怒

I never stick around quite long enough to make it, well I deserve nothing more than I get.

沒有堅持足夠時間使成為現實那么得到這么一點

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.

價值觀東西選擇故事長期之內價值觀一個必要東西

Just as you see, I can also sit at my desk long enough to write my blog now.

看到可以時間辦公桌

He looks out of the windows from which she looked out, not long ago, upon the weather that bored her to death.

窗外不久以前夫人這里窗外使要死天氣

The only known elevated steel tank designed to resist earthquake forces was a 75, 000-gal structure near the Long Beach waterfront.

唯一經過抗震設計容量75000加侖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.

只要知道一定送命

I entered into a long discourse with him about the Devil, the original of him, his rebellion against God.

時間談到魔鬼問題來歷上帝叛逆

As it grew later the fire was made up in the large long hall into which the staircase descended.

隨著天色那個通往樓上門廳

We're not politicians, like you; we've gone through hell long enough to want something of the other thing.

我們我們不是政客我們已經嘗嘗別的滋味

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.

現在正當奮力找到通向頂峰道路攀緣突然坍塌正在黑暗深淵墜落下去

They had not been long put off with the boat, but we perceived them all coming on shore again.

他們小船開走不大工夫我們看見他們一齊重新回到岸上

It was as if the wind and rain had lulled at last, after a long and fearful storm.

這時長久可怖狂風暴雨之后終于得到寧靜似的

She was hatless and white faced and her long grey hair streamed down her back as she lashed the horse like a Fury.

戴帽子面孔雪白狠狠地匹馬灰色頭發背脊

At long last, we would be able to convey that there was some genuine accountability at Chrysler.

我們終于能夠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.

同樣板塊相互靠近地帶活動巖漿熄滅不久巖漿可以出現熱流

His thin long nose ran out as if it was eager to bore into the nature of things in general.

細長鼻子往前仿佛世界事情似的

I took my eyes off his wife long enough to listen to him, even though she slumbered in my senses all the while.

眼光妻子身上下來時間聆聽講話盡管當時一時一刻

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.

告訴我我應當知道擦亮眼睛使看清以致視而不見東西

It isn't for the sake of food and wages that I've been waiting about so long in hopes to see you.

并不是為了吃飯工錢這樣長久等待著想一面

Or is all this an empty conceit, the vaporing of the tired and overwrought brain of a life long liberal?

不然一切是不是一種無聊妄自尊大是不是一個畢生開明疲乏過度大腦幻想呢?

I throw dust in her eyes, but I cannot hope to keep her in ignorance for long.

蒙混視聽不能期望長期隱瞞

The child follows her mother about all day long.

孩子整天圍著母親

It lies on the map like the top half of a broken cane, parallel with the Equator but a long, long way north.

地圖破爛手杖南面平行赤道遙遙相望

In 1931 all the long voyages ended for him in a hobo jungle.

一九三一年結束長途奔波來到一個流浪漢營地

The moment had come when in the long, romantic history of Japan the most fearful plunge was to be made.

日本悠久離奇歷史行將一次可怕冒險時刻已經到來

Before I left Long Island I saw that she was beginning to lay her toils for Mattie.

離開長島發覺開始瑪迪迷魂陣

Sometimes he took notes all period long, sometimes he sat with his arms folded, his expression distant and critical.

有時筆記有時胳膊合抱起來那兒冷淡挑剔神氣

Perhaps the only surprising feature is that it has taken so long to establish itself on the British side of the Atlantic.

唯一不同尋常如此時間大西洋英國一邊

The old man opened his eyes and for a moment he was coming back from a long way away.

老頭兒眼睛一會兒仿佛老遠路上回來似的

But the best of Dodo was that she did not keep angry for long together.

多多好處不了多久

When the war broke out he had not been long qualified and was getting experience at various hospitals.

戰爭爆發取得醫師合格證不久正在醫院實習

Out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.

那些長期遮住視線虛無迷霧現在突然跳出一個有血有肉惡魔

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.

家境寬裕時候只要耳環不必服裝

That's a big "if, " however. The long-term stability of a semi-capitalist state run by an authoritarian Communist Party is unclear.

夸張如果”,然而長期穩定共產主義威權控制資本主義國家而言確定

And yet each new conflict is only another episode in bombing's long history of promises about "cost-free" victory and clean war.

可是沖突只是轟炸漫長歷史歷史代表損失勝利干凈戰爭

That might be taking things a bit far. But the long tail is certainly one of the internet's better gifts to humanity.

這么可能有點言過其實但是尾巴肯定互聯網賜予人類一件禮物

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解決地區裸眼難題

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.

那里瑪麗可以旅館游泳池太陽登山踏上山林

Has been cold for a long time, yesterday like a crazy person in the playground playing basketball, resulting in a sprain to his feet.

已經感冒好久昨天似的一個操場籃球結果扭傷

It is possible that the United States and European countries will not be able to maintain their long held dominance over the world economy.

美國歐洲這些長期以來世界經濟主導作用國家可能風光不再

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.

心臟停止不再緋紅廚房走廊遇到那個似乎顯得遙遠

After Cold War, conflict between race and religion which had been concealed for a long time became heated suddenly.

冷戰長期掩蓋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.

經過投資穆弗林及其分析師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2英尺頭部巨大大大球狀雙眼外貌看起來介于魚類人類之間

They stood there, for a long, long time, watching how the breezes carried the boat around the pond.

他們那里一段時間小船輕風池塘繞行

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擁有神經新生neurogenesis能力年紀增長消失

She had a fine face with large dark eyes and long, black hair.

較好面龐有著大大眼睛頭發

For many Anglicans, and for a long time, Roman Catholicism was not just a foreign, superstitious creed, it was demonstrably cruel.

很多公會教徒長期以來認為羅馬天主教不僅僅是來自異域充滿迷信教條簡直就是殘酷化身

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歐洲肖像畫18世紀,已經一種皇家傳統”。

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.

長期合約設法安排兩個短期試驗課程看看是否適合再說

It was during one of those long, hot summers that seemed to go on forever that we decided to build the tree house.

漫長酷熱沒有盡頭夏日我們決定樹上一個房子

Our mission now questions how much the Saudis can now substantively influence the crude markets over the long term.

現在我們任務質疑究竟沙特原油市場產生多少實質性長期影響

The conduction electrons associated with the iodine can move along the chains as if they were long thin wires.

傳導電子能夠沿著運動這些導線一樣

Through the long four years of struggle he stood out an inflexible conviction, a steadfast will.

漫長斗爭始終堅持一個動搖信念一個堅定不移意志

He shook one of his long broad fingers at him.

伸出一個指頭一晃

His father is always on at him about his long hair.

爸爸總是頭發

When it come to that, Simley would ante up money on him as long as he had a red.

這個時候斯邁利一邊賭注最后一個

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.

喝茶小心翼翼杯子嘴邊一會兒眼睛端詳對面幢房子

Long hair for men seems to be coming back in.

男子長發好像流行

It was as though day had dawned after a long and fearful night.

經過漫長可怕黑夜之后

She saw before her a long and stony highway which she had to tread, without aid, and with little sympathy.

見到面前崎嶇綿綿遠道自己單人獨行同情幫助

Smirke did not care for the impertinences of the Major so long as he had his hostess' kind behaviour.

少校盛氣凌人不在乎只要女主人親熱一些

As I kept up my daily tour to the hill, to look out, so long also I kept up the vigour of my design.

每天巡邏期間始終保持實行計劃銳氣