1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]长期的;长远的 Something that is long-term has continued for a long time or will continue for a long time in the future. 长期的;长远的
A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected.
一项旨在帮助长期失业者的新的培训计划有望出台。
The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
该协会相信新技术将可长远地解决信用卡诈骗问题。
2N-SING 长期;长远 When you talk about what happens in the long term, you are talking about what happens over a long period of time, either in the future or after a particular event. 长期;长远
In the long term the company hopes to open in Moscow and other major cities.
公司的长期目标是希望在莫斯科和其他大城市开门营业。
Over the long term, such measures may only make the underlying situation worse.