中文翻译与英英解释 | n.
朗〔姓氏〕。
vi.
渴想，极想，渴望 (for, 〔古语〕 after to do)。
adj.
(longer longest )
1.长，长的。 a long way 远距离。 a long way off 离得很远。 It is five feet long. 这有五英尺长。
2.个子高的。 a long man 高个子的人。
3.长久的，长期的。 a long friendship 长期的友谊。 a long memory 长久不忘的好记性。 a long note 远期票据。 It will be long before we know the truth. 很久以后真相才会大白。 It will not be long before we know the truth. 不久真相就会大白。 Now we shan't be long! 〔口语〕这回就好啦!
4.冗长的，拖长的。 Don't be long about it! 别慢吞吞的。 She is long in coming. 她姗姗来迟。
5.…以上，足足。 three long hours 足足三小时。 a long mile 一英里以上。
6.达到远方的。 have a long arm (为了扩张势力)把手伸到老远。 take a long view of the matter 从长远考虑这事。
7.〔诗〕长音的，重读的；【语音】长音(节)的。
8.【商业】行情看涨的，做多头的。 be on the long side of the market. 做多头。
9.长于…的。 be long on understanding 理解力强。
10.众多的，充足的，大的。
短语和例子
Corn is in long supply. 谷物供应充足。 fetch long prices 售得高价。 have a long family 有很多子女。 read a long list of books 读很多书。 as broad as it is long 反正都一样。 as long as 1. 长达…，达…之久 (as long as five years 长达五年之久)。 2. ＝ so long as. as long as one's arms 极长。 at (the) longest 至多。 be long in ...ing 很不容易… (Spring is long in coming. 春天好不容易才来)。 before (very) long 不(需很)久。 by a long chalk ＝ by long chalks 〔口语〕在很大程度上，远远，…得多。 make a long arm 把手伸得老远。 make a long guess 作大致估计。 not by a long chalk [shot] 绝不；差得远。 one's long home 坟墓 (go to one's long home 死)。
adv.
1.长久；久已。 The opportunity was not long (in) coming. 机会不久就来了。 He will not be long for this world. 他活不了多久了。 I have long been meaning to write. 我早就想写信了。 It was long before he recovered. 他的病好久才痊愈。
2.始终。 all day [night] long整天[夜]。 all one's life long一辈子。
3.遥远地。
短语和例子
a long-travelled person 曾到远处旅行的人。 any longer 〔用于否定〕(不)再 (I shall not wait (any) longer. 我不再等了)。 how long? 多久 (How long have you been here 你来了多少时候？)。 long after 很久之后。 long ago [since] 老早[以前]。 long before 老早以前。 no longer 已不，不再。 So long 〔口语〕再见! so long as 只要 (Stay so long as you like. 只要你喜欢尽管待在这儿好啦)。
n.
1.长期间。 It will not take long. 这不需要很多时间。
2.〔the L-〕 ＝long vacation.
3.〔pl.〕 【商业】看涨的人，做多头的人。 (opp. shorts).
4.【语音】长母音；长音节；长子音。
5.(服装的)长尺寸；〔pl.〕长裤。
短语和例子
for long 长久 longs and shorts 1. 诗〔尤指古希腊的和古拉丁的〕。 2. 【建筑】长短砌合。 the long and the short of it is that... 要点，梗概，总之。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
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| primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
| | primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
| | (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate'', `beat'', `bite'', `boat'', `boot'' are long"
| | holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
| | good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
同义词：retentive, recollective, tenacious,
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| having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
| | planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
同义词：farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsighted,
| | involving substantial risk; "long odds"
| | of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
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| desire strongly or persistently
同义词：hanker, yearn,
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| for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
| | for an extended distance
| | for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
| | for an extended distance
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例句与用法 | 1. | Oh, how she longed to win him to converse !
啊，她多想同他款款而谈！
| | 2. | For a long time his fate was in the balance .
他的命运很久不能确定。
| | 3. | He was never long absent from my side .
他从未长时间离开过我的身边。
| | 4. | He tends not to stay in one place for very long .
他在哪儿都呆不长。
| | 5. | At long last a compromise was agreed on .
通过互让最终达成折衷协议。
| | 6. | The individual septum can no longer be seen .
各个间隔再也不能看出。
| | 7. | I thought you always liked long books .
我记得您总是喜欢看大部头书。
| | 8. | The two parties reached a secret agreement long ago .
双方早有默契。
| | 9. | Waiting any longer could be even more dangerous .
再等就会更加危险。
| | 10. | After a long time they get mean .
久而久之，他们的心眼儿就都变坏了。
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