longer
美 [l??] 
英 [l??]
- adj.（長度或距離）長的；（詢問或談?wù)撻L度或距離）長；長時間的；長久的
- n.(服裝的)長尺寸；長褲；【語】長母音；長音節(jié)
- 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(fā)生的事）渴望
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)更長的；更長久；較長的
詞形變化
比較級：longer 最高級：longest 第三人稱單數(shù)：longs 現(xiàn)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(fā)。 |
| He walked down the long corridor. 他沿長廊走去。 |
| It was the world's longest bridge. 那座橋當(dāng)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(yuǎn)。 |
| It's a long way away . 那兒離這里很遠(yuǎn)。 |
2. | （詢問或談?wù)撻L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(bào)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(hù)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?wù)撃扯螘r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(shí)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(jié)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。 |
| |
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(xù)到深夜。 |
| This may take longer than we thought. 這事花的時間也許比我們預(yù)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(jìn)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(zhàn)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(qiáng)調(diào)某事發(fā)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(fā)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(xí)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(yīng)驗(yàn)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(jīng)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(xì)水長流。 |
| A small amount of this paint goes a long way(= covers a large area) . 這種涂料用一點(diǎn)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(fā)覺跟杰里待上一會兒就受不了啦。 |
have come a long way
取得大的進(jìn)步；大有長進(jìn)to have made a lot of progress
| We've come a long way since the early days of the project. 這項(xiàng)目開始以來我們已取得很大進(jìn)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(fù)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(zhǔn)兒?！?/div> |
in the long run
從長遠(yuǎn)來看concerning a longer period in the future
| This measure inevitably means higher taxes in the long run. 從長遠(yuǎn)來看這項(xiàng)措施的結(jié)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(quán)力，權(quán)威the power and/or authority of sth
| There is no escape from the long arm of the law. 法網(wǎng)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(yuǎn)；絕不；一點(diǎn)也不not nearly; not at all
| It's not over yet─not by a long chalk. 這事還沒有了結(jié)，還差得遠(yuǎn)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(jǐn)慎地考慮所有的選擇。 |
take the long view (of sth)
從長遠(yuǎn)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(jīng)濟(jì)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(fù)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
adj. | 4. 〈詩〉長音的,重讀的;【語】長音(節(jié))的 |
adv. | |
n. | |
v. | |
英英解釋
例句
When he arrived there it was no longer clear, but yellow and green. He stood there and said.
他來到海邊時，海水綠得泛黃，也不像以往那樣平靜。他走了過去，站在海岸上說。
The idea was tempting; Kostya had no attachment to Toronto or to the Russian Riviera, but, at thirty-four, he was no longer a boy.
這個想法是很誘人的；克斯特亞對多倫多或俄羅斯海濱酒家都沒什么可留戀的，但他現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)34歲了，不再是一個小伙子了。
I realized that who I was, what I cared about, was no longer just a matter of intellect or obligation, no longer a construct of words.
我意識到自己是誰，我在關(guān)心什么，它們不再關(guān)乎才智和義務(wù)，不再是辭藻的堆砌。
Through his half-closed eyes, Jack had been watching Hensley. But playing dead in a burning aircraft was no longer an option.
透過半閉的眼睛，杰克一直觀察著漢斯萊，但是在一架燃燒著的飛機(jī)里裝死終究不是長久之計(jì)，他必須采取行動。
With the old Confederacy now the heart of the Republican base, boasting about the party's Civil War-era legacy is no longer advisable.
鑒于過去的邦聯(lián)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為共和黨的基礎(chǔ)核心，吹噓共和黨內(nèi)戰(zhàn)時期的遺產(chǎn)不再成為可取的方針。
Bobbsey looked about for some railroad man of whom he could inquire how much longer delay there would be.
鮑勃西先生打量著四周，看看有沒有乘務(wù)員，以便問問還要耽擱多長時間。
There was no longer any possibility of suggesting limitations or of countenancing rebellion.
已不允許再有任何對君權(quán)的限制或反抗。
Now, I was coming to her as an adult, and she knew it was no longer a phase.
但是現(xiàn)在，面對她的我已經(jīng)是一個成年人，而她也知道這不再只是個階段。
With the growing sophistication of IT technology, network this word is no longer strange to us.
隨著IT技術(shù)的日益成熟，網(wǎng)絡(luò)這個詞對我們來說已經(jīng)不再陌生。
To say that the depression, the most mainland star has no longer let "idol" this word is bright, shining.
不得不說，內(nèi)地明星大多數(shù)的蕭條，已經(jīng)不再讓‘偶像’這個詞鮮明，閃耀。
However, by the time the shelter had been finished, the civil war was over and the Empire was no longer a threat.
盡管如此，當(dāng)這一庇護(hù)所竣工時，銀河內(nèi)戰(zhàn)業(yè)已結(jié)束，帝國不再構(gòu)成威脅。
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(dāng)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(yuǎn)了。
After years of 'long-short' investing, Mr. von Mueffling and his analysts and traders no longer short, or bet against, stocks at all.
經(jīng)過數(shù)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。
He said he would no longer feel safe traveling to the United States after his hair and facial wrinkles appeared on the bin Laden image.
他說，以后他去美國都得擔(dān)心自己的人身安全，這張合成照片上“拷貝”了他的頭發(fā)和面部皺紋。
"With brand new birds, brand new superpowers and a whole galaxy to explore, the sky is no longer the limit. " .
全新的小鳥，全新的技能，探索整個宇宙星系，天空再也不是極限。
Until one day, it was suddenly announced that I was no longer a coordinator of The Epoch Times management.
終于，有一天，我被突然宣布不再是大紀(jì)元經(jīng)營協(xié)調(diào)人了。
It was only when you observed him for a longer period that you noticed the traces of madness lurking beneath his conservative exterior.
只有你在與他相處很長時間以后你才會意識到在他趨于正常保守的外表下潛伏著隨時發(fā)病的惡魔。
The pages of the calendar fly off the wall and your holiday to-do list only seems to grow longer.
墻上日歷的頁碼越來越少，而你假日要做的事情的清單卻越來越長。
It concerns me that you no longer seem to care.
你似乎不再在乎，這令我擔(dān)憂。
The huge advantage of such globalisation was that lenders no longer needed to be physically close to borrowers.
這種全球化帶來的巨大益處是，借款人不再需要自己接近貸款人。
He just refused to accept that his father was no longer there.
他就是不肯接受他父親已不在的現(xiàn)實(shí)。
How much longer are you thinking of staying there?
你還準(zhǔn)備在那兒呆多久？
We wrestled for an hour, but the longer it went on, the more he realized the strength of his position.
我們較量了一個小時，但越是較量下去，他越看清了自己的地位穩(wěn)固。
It is no accident that the more peace movements have multiplied the longer peace had been maintained.
和平運(yùn)動越壯大，和平維持得越久，這可不是偶然的。
"Anaxarete, you have conquered, and shall no longer have to hear my importunities. "
“安娜克薩瑞忒，你勝利了，不必再聽取我的懇求了。”
He no longer wished to be associated with the party's policy on education.
他不再愿意與該黨的教育方針認(rèn)同。
I hope I made it clear to him that he was no longer welcome here.
我希望我已經(jīng)給他講清楚他在這里不再受歡迎。
A small group of party members, who no longer agreed with the party thought, splintered off and formed a new political movement.
一小伙與黨的宗旨格格不入的黨員分裂出去，成立了一個新的政治團(tuán)體。
When we try to go beyond these limits we can no longer directly perceive the physical nature of things.
超越這個限度，我們便不能直接把握這些事物的物理物質(zhì)。
Shops are no longer allowed to push up their prices whenever they want.
再不允許商店想什么時候提價就提價了。
The thing that masked her as having passed the line was that she no longer had reticences before her husband.
她超過年齡界線的標(biāo)志是她在丈夫面前不再忸怩。
She felt that he was no longer smiling and that his eyes, watching her, had darkened.
她感到，他臉上已沒了笑容，那雙注視著她的眼睛也變得暗淡起來。
Next day new steps were to be taken; my plans could no longer be confined to my own breast.
第二天要采取新的步驟了，我的計(jì)劃不能再藏在我自己的心里。
It was no longer enough to be plausible in argument; one had to be convincing in action.
僅僅是嘴巴上能說會道的就不夠了；還必須要在行動上令人信服。
When I saw him yesterday, he said he was so shrunk up and weak he didn't know if he could last much longer.
我昨天見到他時，他說他又干癟又虛弱，不知道自己還能夠活多久。
Today her books, though no longer easy to get, still read with a freshness that only a good writer can convey.
今天她的著作雖然已經(jīng)不易買到，但是讀起來依舊能給人一種只有優(yōu)秀作家才能給人的清新感受。
She was no longer the milkmaid, but an essence of woman-a whole sex condensed into one typical form.
她不再是一個擠牛奶的女工了，而是個女性精華--從全體婦女里凝煉出來的一個典型儀容。
Out of the yellow guest room went all Lydia's things, and because such a time had passed she felt she no longer minded any more.
莉迪亞所有的東西都從黃色的客人臥室里搬了出來，她感到她再也不在乎了，因?yàn)?/c>那種時代已過去了。
I asked her to abide with me a while longer.
我請求她和我在一起多呆一會。
The party was no longer able to command a majority in Parliament.
該黨已不再能夠在國會中占有多數(shù)。
Since the beginning of supper, she had seemed no longer in her own house.
從晚餐一開始，她心里就似乎很不舒服。
I couldn't stand his suffering or seeing him lying there like a vegetable-not any longer-a man of his vitality.
我不忍心看他遭罪，看他象根蔬菜一樣躺在那里，不久前他可是個精力充沛的人。
He put off the faith of his childhood quite simply, like a cloak that he no longer needed.
他輕而易舉地擺脫了孩提時代的宗教信仰，就象扔掉了一件不再需要的斗篷一樣。
David now knew Jenny's real character and he was no longer deceived by her pretences.
大衛(wèi)現(xiàn)在了解了詹妮的真正性格，他不再被她的虛情假意所欺騙。
It is a sign that she has no longer the regard for him, Is their engagement safe and suitable?
這說明她已不再關(guān)心他了。他們之間的婚約還合適，還靠得住嗎？
She was no longer plastic clay, yielding imprint to each new experience.
她已不再是一塊可以捏塑的粘土，不是每一個新的經(jīng)驗(yàn)都會留下印子了。
Churchill now redoubled his pleading, but his voice was no longer heard in Washington.
邱吉爾再次提出要求，但華盛頓不再聽取他的意見。
The woman's managing to hold him off at the moment but she clearly won't last much longer.
那女子暫時纏住了他，可她顯然支持不了多久。
"The apple fell because its stem would no longer hold it to its branch, " was his first thought.
“因?yàn)?/c>蘋果的蒂已經(jīng)不能使蘋果繼續(xù)掛在樹枝上，所以它掉下來了。”這是他最初的想法。
There was no longer any German authority on any level.
不論在哪一級，都不存在德國的政權(quán)。
I can take a spring like this one and stretch it to the point that it no longer behaves like Hooke's Law.
像這樣一個彈簧，將它拉伸到，它不再能遵循胡克定律的點(diǎn)。
He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on.
他，作為一個人，不再奮斗，是他那不愿束手待斃的生命力逼迫他向前走。
So it was no longer necessary to change the water in a tank for fish to live there. This led to the building of the first public aquariums.
所以，就沒有必要再對養(yǎng)魚缸中的水進(jìn)行更換，這導(dǎo)致了第一批水族館的興建。
We decided to take players not only for six weeks but to think about Chelsea longer term but no more signings planned at the moment.
我們并不會僅僅為了接下來的六周時間購買某些球員，相反我們的收購時候在為球隊(duì)做長遠(yuǎn)打算。同時切爾西目前也不打算做出其他收購。
At the time, it no longer made sense financially for her to work.
當(dāng)時，讓她上班在經(jīng)濟(jì)上變得不再劃算。
Here, he let the top grow a bit longer and brushed it toward the center of his head to create a faux-hawk.
這個發(fā)型要等頂部長得更長一些再將它們刷向頭部正中，這就成了仿莫霍克發(fā)型了。
How much longer will Mr. Schmidt be up in the mountains?
史先生還要在山上待多久？
And promoters no longer wait to see whether a programme becomes popular before turning it into a merchandising machine.
而一檔節(jié)目在轉(zhuǎn)變為商品促銷機(jī)之前，對于其是否受歡迎，出資人不再迫不及待。
I know simply that this sky will last longer than I. And what shall I call eternity except what will continue after my death?
那除了這些我死之后依然長存之物，我還應(yīng)該稱何物為永恒呢？
She was still tired, but she was no longer happy.
她仍然很累，但再也高興不起來了。
Name and money are an extremely fat body and a burden of spiritual progress, which make us no longer lithesome and unable to go ahead.
名和利就是臃腫的身體，是精神進(jìn)步的累贅，讓自己變得不再輕盈，也無法進(jìn)步。
Local businesses may object to a longer school year because students are unable to work as long at summer jobs.
地方企業(yè)可能會反對較長的學(xué)年，因?yàn)?/c>學(xué)生無法在暑期長假崗位上工作。
For many companies, a global team is no longer an option, but an enterprise strategy and a way of doing business.
對于許多公司來說，全球的團(tuán)隊(duì)不再是選擇，而是企業(yè)策略和經(jīng)營方式。
And then we'd realize that the flirty hostility is just hostility and his inability to open up is no longer exciting, it's just frustrating.
然后我們就會意識到那種打情罵俏變成了真正的敵對，而他從不敞開心扉交流這一點(diǎn)再也不能讓人興奮，只能讓人沮喪；
He no longer reacts just to his own hunger, but behaves in the light of what others are doing for its prospective satisfaction.
他不再只對自己的饑餓作出反應(yīng)，而是根據(jù)別人的行動為他預(yù)期的滿足而行動。
SaaS promotes the "hollowing out" of IT: a firm that needs to migrate to another system will no longer have the required expertise.
SaaS在推廣IT的“空心化”：公司有遷移系統(tǒng)的需求卻不需要相應(yīng)的專家。
There may come a time when our reliance on advertising revenues to pay for that journalism is no longer a viable business model.
通過廣告收入來支撐這份雜志不再是可行的商業(yè)模式，這個時期可能會到來了。
Samsung in Beijing said that it was no longer clear whether the launch would take place and redirected requests for comment to China Unicom.
三星在北京表示，不清楚手機(jī)發(fā)布儀式是否還會舉行，并建議記者聯(lián)系中國聯(lián)通，請其置評。
He knew wolves and grizzlies were nearby. And he knew he was no longer at the top of the food chain.
狼群和灰熊就在附近，他深知自己隨時有可能被吃掉。
Cao Cao is still a warlord, but he's no longer as treacherous. He starts from scratch and strives to leave his mark on history.
曹操仍是諸侯，但他并非陰險狡詐，而是白手起家，力圖名垂青史。
Strategic bombing with "thermonukes" may no longer be a valid military solution.
用核彈作戰(zhàn)略轟炸將不再是有效的軍事解決辦法。
Most of them no longer troubled to go to the different firms to ask for work.
他們中間的大多數(shù)人根本不想再到各家公司去要求工作。
It is apparent that the ball spends a longer period of time to the left of line YY than to the right.
顯然，滾珠停留在YY線的左邊的時間比滾珠停留在YY線的右邊的時間更長。
The nature of military technology was such that the balance of power could no longer be thought of as uniform.
軍事技術(shù)的性質(zhì)，使得力量均衡不再被認(rèn)為是一成不變的。
There seems to be no need to wait longer.
似乎沒有必要再等了。
If we stayed where we were, our dead would kill us; if we moved out of our defenses, we should no longer be invincible.
我們要是不挪窩兒，那些死人就該要我們的命了；要挪到堡壘外面去，我們就再也不會是百戰(zhàn)百勝的。
The mechanism of shock formation apparently changes, too, at these altitudes so that the scaling laws are no longer applicable.
在這個高度下，沖擊形成的機(jī)制也有很明顯的改變，所以遞增公式也就不再適用了。
Finally, he could stand it no longer, He stopped, his voice trembling with rage.
他終于按捺不住地停了下來，氣得聲音發(fā)顫。
The ship no longer answers to the helm.
這船已不能隨舵轉(zhuǎn)向。
If such is the case, we ought not to lie here a minute longer than is necessary.
要是真的如此，不管怎么樣，這里一刻也不能呆了。
