1.（长度或距离）长的measuring or covering a great length or distance, or a greater length or distance than usual
She had long dark hair.她留着黑黑的长发。
He walked down the long corridor.他沿长廊走去。
It was the world's longest bridge.那座桥当时是世界上最长的。
a long journey/walk/drive/flight长途旅行╱步行╱驾驶╱飞行
We're a long way from anywhere here.我们这里离任何一个地方都很远。
It's a long way away .那儿离这里很远。
2.（询问或谈论长度或距离）长used for asking or talking about particular lengths or distances
How long is the River Nile?尼罗河有多长？
The table is six feet long.那张桌子长六英尺。
The report is only three pages long.这份报告仅有三页。
3.长时间的；长久的；长期的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.沉默了很长时间她才开口。
I like it now the days are getting longer(= it stays light for more time each day) .白天越来越长了，我很喜欢。
a long book/film/list(= taking a lot of time to read/watch/deal with)篇幅长的书；放映时间长的电影；一份很长的清单
Nurses have to work long hours(= for more hours in the day than is usual) .护士都不得不长时间地工作。
He stared at them for the longest time(= for a very long time) before answering.他盯着他们看了好长时间才回答。
4.（询问或谈论某段时间）used for asking or talking about particular periods of time
How long is the course?这门课程要念多久？
I think it's only three weeks long.我想只有三个星期长。
How long a stay did you have in mind?你原打算待多长时间？
5.（因忙或不愉快等）似乎比实际时间长的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。这一天可真够长的。
We were married for ten long years.我们结婚有十年之久了。
6.长的（完全或大部分覆盖腿或臂的）covering all or most of your legs or arms
She usually wears long skirts.她通常穿长裙。
a long-sleeved shirt长袖衬衫
7.长音的taking more time to make than a short vowel sound in the same position
There's a list of repairs as long as your arm.有一份长得要命的修理单。
There's a list of repairs as long as your arm.有一份长得要命的修理单。
At long last his prayers had been answered.他的祷告终于应验了。
At long last his prayers had been answered.他的祷告终于应验了。
It will take an hour at the longest.这事最多花一小时。
It will take an hour at the longest.这事最多花一小时。
We go back a long way, he and I.我跟他，我们俩相识很久了。
We go back a long way, he and I.我跟他，我们俩相识很久了。
She seems to make her money go a long way.看起来她用钱细水长流。
A small amount of this paint goes a long way(= covers a large area) .这种涂料用一点就可涂一大片。
I find that a little of Jerry's company can go a long way(= I quickly get tired of being with him) .我发觉跟杰里待上一会儿就受不了啦。
She seems to make her money go a long way.看起来她用钱细水长流。
A small amount of this paint goes a long way(= covers a large area) .这种涂料用一点就可涂一大片。
I find that a little of Jerry's company can go a long way(= I quickly get tired of being with him) .我发觉跟杰里待上一会儿就受不了啦。
We've come a long way since the early days of the project.这项目开始以来我们已取得很大进展。
We've come a long way since the early days of the project.这项目开始以来我们已取得很大进展。
She still has a long way to go before she's fully fit.她还需要很长时间才能完全恢复健康。
She still has a long way to go before she's fully fit.她还需要很长时间才能完全恢复健康。
‘How long will it take?’ ‘How long's a piece of string?’“需要多长时间？”“没准儿。”
‘How long will it take?’ ‘How long's a piece of string?’“需要多长时间？”“没准儿。”
This measure inevitably means higher taxes in the long run.从长远来看这项措施的结果免不了要多纳税。
This measure inevitably means higher taxes in the long run.从长远来看这项措施的结果免不了要多纳税。
There is no escape from the long arm of the law.法网恢恢，疏而不漏。
There is no escape from the long arm of the law.法网恢恢，疏而不漏。
The government is long on ideas but short on performance.这个政府想法很多但成效太少。
The government is long on ideas but short on performance.这个政府想法很多但成效太少。
It's a long shot, but it just might work.没有什么把握，但也许行得通。
It's a long shot, but it just might work.没有什么把握，但也许行得通。
It's not over yet─not by a long chalk.这事还没有了结，还差得远呢。
It's not over yet─not by a long chalk.这事还没有了结，还差得远呢。
We need to take a long hard look at all the options.我们需要十分谨慎地考虑所有的选择。
We need to take a long hard look at all the options.我们需要十分谨慎地考虑所有的选择。
1.长期地；长久地for a long time
Have you been here long?你来这里时间长吗？
Stay as long as you like.你愿待多久就待多久。
The party went on long into the night.聚会持续到深夜。
This may take longer than we thought.这事花的时间也许比我们预料的要多些。
I won't be long(= I'll return, be ready, etc. soon) .我一会儿就行。
How long have you been waiting?你等了多久了？
These reforms are long overdue.这些改革早就该进行了。
2.（在某一时间或事件之前或以后）很久地a long time before or after a particular time or event
He retired long before the war.他在战争之前早就退休了。
It wasn't long before she had persuaded him(= it only took a short time) .她没用多久就把他说服了。
We'll be home before long(= soon) .我们很快就要到家了。
The house was pulled down long ago .那栋房子很久以前就被拆掉了。
They had long since(= a long time before the present time) moved away.他们早就搬走了。
3.（用于名词后强调某事发生在某整段时间）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 .我们不得不整天等候着。
The baby was crying all night long .婴儿整夜在哭。
They stayed up the whole night long .他们彻夜未眠。
We'll go as long as the weather is good.只要天气好我们就去。
So long as there is a demand for these drugs, the financial incentive for drug dealers will be there.只要对这些毒品有需求，就存在着对贩毒者的经济诱因。
We'll go as long as the weather is good.只要天气好我们就去。
So long as there is a demand for these drugs, the financial incentive for drug dealers will be there.只要对这些毒品有需求，就存在着对贩毒者的经济诱因。
Will you be away for long?你要离开很久吗？
I'm sorry I haven't written to you for so long.真抱歉，我这么长时间未给你写信。
Will you be away for long?你要离开很久吗？
I'm sorry I haven't written to you for so long.真抱歉，我这么长时间未给你写信。
What do I think about it? How long have you got?这事我是怎么想的？说来话长，你有时间听吗？
What do I think about it? How long have you got?这事我是怎么想的？说来话长，你有时间听吗？
I can't wait any longer.我不能再等了。
He no longer lives here.他不再住这儿了。
I can't wait any longer.我不能再等了。
He no longer lives here.他不再住这儿了。
1.[i]（尤指对看似不会很快发生的事）渴望to want sth very much especially if it does not seem likely to happen soon
Lucy had always longed for a brother.露西一直渴望有个弟弟。
He longed for Pat to phone.他期盼着帕特来电话。
I'm longing to see you again.我渴望再次见到你。
When he arrived there it was no longer clear, but yellow and green. He stood there and said.
他来到海边时，海水绿得泛黄，也不像以往那样平静。他走了过去，站在海岸上说。
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.
这个想法是很诱人的；克斯特亚对多伦多或俄罗斯海滨酒家都没什么可留恋的，但他现在已经34岁了，不再是一个小伙子了。
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.
我意识到自己是谁，我在关心什么，它们不再关乎才智和义务，不再是辞藻的堆砌。
Through his half-closed eyes, Jack had been watching Hensley. But playing dead in a burning aircraft was no longer an option.
透过半闭的眼睛，杰克一直观察着汉斯莱，但是在一架燃烧着的飞机里装死终究不是长久之计，他必须采取行动。
With the old Confederacy now the heart of the Republican base, boasting about the party's Civil War-era legacy is no longer advisable.
鉴于过去的邦联现在已经成为共和党的基础核心，吹嘘共和党内战时期的遗产不再成为可取的方针。
Bobbsey looked about for some railroad man of whom he could inquire how much longer delay there would be.
鲍勃西先生打量着四周，看看有没有乘务员，以便问问还要耽搁多长时间。
There was no longer any possibility of suggesting limitations or of countenancing rebellion.
已不允许再有任何对君权的限制或反抗。
Now, I was coming to her as an adult, and she knew it was no longer a phase.
但是现在，面对她的我已经是一个成年人，而她也知道这不再只是个阶段。
With the growing sophistication of IT technology, network this word is no longer strange to us.
随着IT技术的日益成熟，网络这个词对我们来说已经不再陌生。
To say that the depression, the most mainland star has no longer let "idol" this word is bright, shining.
不得不说，内地明星大多数的萧条，已经不再让‘偶像’这个词鲜明，闪耀。
However, by the time the shelter had been finished, the civil war was over and the Empire was no longer a threat.
尽管如此，当这一庇护所竣工时，银河内战业已结束，帝国不再构成威胁。
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.
当我的心脏停止了狂跳、我的脸不再绯红时，在厨房和走廊里遇到的那个人似乎显得遥远了。
After years of 'long-short' investing, Mr. von Mueffling and his analysts and traders no longer short, or bet against, stocks at all.
经过数年的多空投资，穆弗林及其分析师和交易员完全不再做空股票。
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.
他说，以后他去美国都得担心自己的人身安全，这张合成照片上“拷贝”了他的头发和面部皱纹。
"With brand new birds, brand new superpowers and a whole galaxy to explore, the sky is no longer the limit. " .
全新的小鸟，全新的技能，探索整个宇宙星系，天空再也不是极限。
Until one day, it was suddenly announced that I was no longer a coordinator of The Epoch Times management.
终于，有一天，我被突然宣布不再是大纪元经营协调人了。
It was only when you observed him for a longer period that you noticed the traces of madness lurking beneath his conservative exterior.
只有你在与他相处很长时间以后你才会意识到在他趋于正常保守的外表下潜伏着随时发病的恶魔。
The pages of the calendar fly off the wall and your holiday to-do list only seems to grow longer.
墙上日历的页码越来越少，而你假日要做的事情的清单却越来越长。
It concerns me that you no longer seem to care.
你似乎不再在乎，这令我担忧。
The huge advantage of such globalisation was that lenders no longer needed to be physically close to borrowers.
这种全球化带来的巨大益处是，借款人不再需要自己接近贷款人。
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