1ADV-GRADED [ADVERB with verb]長時間的;長久的;長期的Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time. 長時間的;長久的;長期的
Repairs to the cable did not take too long.
電纜的維修沒有花太長的時間。
Have you known her parents long?.
你認識她父母很長時間了嗎?
I learned long ago to avoid these invitations.
我很早就學會怎樣躲開這種邀請了。
The railway had obviously been built long after the house.
顯然,這條鐵路是房子建成後很久才造的。
Chess has long been regarded as a measure of intellect.
國際象棋長久以來被認爲是智慧的體現。
...long-established social traditions.
確立已久的社會傳統
The expression for long is used to mean 'for a great amount of time'.長久地;長期地;很久地
'Did you live there?' — 'Not for long.'.
“你在那兒住過?”—“沒住多久。”
Developing countries won't put up with the situation for much longer.
這種狀況發展中國家容忍不了多長時間了。
For too long there was a huge gap in the market.
長久以來,市場有一塊巨大的空白。
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](事件或時期)持續時間長的,花長時間的 A long event or period of time lasts for a great amount of time or takes a great amount of time. (事件或時期)持續時間長的,花長時間的
We had a long meeting with the attorney general.
我們和檢察總長開了一個長會。
She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America.
她計劃去埃及和美國度長假。
They sat looking at each other for a long while.
他們坐着對視了很長時間。
He must have started writing his book a long time ago.
他一定很久以前就開始寫這本書了。
3ADV-GRADED (多)長(時間) You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time. (多)長(時間)
How long have you lived around here?.
你住在這一帶有多長時間了?
He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember.
在朋友的記憶中,他一直都在節食。
She reflected no longer than a second before she decisively slit the envelope.
她考慮了那麽一瞬間就果決地撕開了信封。
Long is also an adjective.
How long is the usual stay in hospital?.
住院通常要多長時間?
The average commuter journey there is five hours long.
那裏的通勤一族平均上下班要花5個小時。
Long is also a combining form.(亦可用於構詞)
She'd just returned from a month-long visit to Egypt.
她去了埃及一個月,剛剛回來。
4ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]篇幅長的 A long speech, book, film, or list contains a lot of information or a lot of items and takes a lot of time to listen to, read, watch, or deal with. 篇幅長的
He was making quite a long speech.
他的講話頗爲冗長。
This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.
5ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]超長的;過長的;拖長的 If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does. 超長的;過長的;拖長的
Go to sleep. I've got a long day tomorrow.
睡覺吧。我明天還得忙呢。
She was a TV reporter and worked long hours.
她是個電視台記者,總是工作到很晚。
This has been the longest week of my life.
這是我一輩子過的最長的一個星期。
6ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](記憶力)強的,好的 If someone has a long memory, they are able to remember things that happened far back in the past. (記憶力)強的,好的
7ADV [n ADVERB]始終;整個地Long is used in expressions such as all year long ,the whole day long, and your whole life long to say and emphasize that something happens for the whole of a particular period of time. 始終;整個地 [emphasis]
We played that record all night long.
我們整晚都在放那張唱片。
Snow is sometimes found all summer long upon the highest peaks.
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](距離、旅途、路程等)長的 A long distance is a great distance. A long journey or route covers a great distance. (距離、旅途、路程等)長的
His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
他的目的地是喬伯姆公地,那裏和他在科茨沃爾德的家離得很遠。
The long journey tired him.
長途旅行使他疲憊不堪。
I went for a long walk.
我去散了很長一段步。
3ADJ [ADJ n](衣服、衣袖或下擺)長的 A long piece of clothing covers the whole of someone's legs or more of their legs than usual. Clothes with long sleeves cover the whole of someone's arms. (衣服、衣袖或下擺)長的
She is wearing a long black dress.
她身穿一襲黑色長裙。
...a long-sleeved blouse.
長袖女式襯衫
4ADJ-GRADED [asADJas](從一端到另一端)(多)長的 You use long to talk or ask about the distance something measures from one end to the other. (從一端到另一端)(多)長的
An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long.
8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸長。
How long is the tunnel?.
隧道有多長?
In the roots of the olives, you could find centipedes as long as a pencil.
在橄欖樹的根部可以找到像鉛筆一樣長的蜈蚣。
Long is also a combining form.(亦可用於構詞)
...a three-foot-long gash in the tanker's side.
油輪一側3英尺長的劃口
5ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n]似乎比實際距離長的 If you describe a distance as long, you mean it seems to be greater than it actually is. 似乎比實際距離長的
1PHR-CONJ-SUBORD 只要 If you say that something is the case as long as or so long as something else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case. 只要
The interior minister said he would still support them, as long as they didn't break the rules.
内政部長說,只要他們不違規,他仍然會支持他們。
The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.
只要選舉在國際監督下進行,總統就不用下台。
2PHRASE 馬上就到;很快回來;爲時不遠 If you say that someone won't be long, you mean that you think they will arrive or be back soon. If you say that it won't be long before something happens, you mean that you think it will happen soon. 馬上就到;很快回來;爲時不遠
'What's happened to her?' — 'I'm sure she won't be long.'.
“她怎麽回事?”—“我相信她快到了。”
If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.
如果電台司令樂隊的每首歌都像這首這麽棒的話,那它很快便會家喻戶曉了。
3PHRASE 行將;不久;很快 If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon. 行將;不久;很快
German interest rates will come down before long.
德國的利率水平很快就會降下來。
Before long he took over the editing of the magazine.
他不久就接手負責雜志的編輯工作。
4PHRASE (表示支持和願望)萬歲/永存 You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time. (表示支持和願望)萬歲/永存 [approval]
Long live freedom!.
自由萬歲!
It is a free world where we are all entitled to our opinions. Long may it remain so.
這是個自由世界,人人都有權發表自己的意見。我們願此永恒不變。
5PHRASE 不再;已不 Something that is no longer the case used to be the case but is not the case now. You can also say that something is not the case any longer . 不再;已不
Food shortages are no longer a problem.
食物短缺不再是個問題。
She could no longer afford to keep him at school.
她已無法再供他讀書。
I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer.
我注意到他已經不再坐在門邊了。
6CONVENTION 再見;回見 You can say so long as an informal way of saying goodbye. 再見;回見 [formulae]
Well, so long, pal, see you around.
再見了,朋友,咱們回見。
7as long as your arm→see: arm by a long chalk→see: chalk a long face→see: face at long last→see: last in the long run→see: run a long shot→see: shot in the long term→see: term long in the tooth→see: tooth to take the long view→see: view to go a long way→see: way