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。
Couples who have the same dominant function in their personalities seems to have the longest and happiest relationships.
性格当中有着相同主导作用的夫妻似乎关系能够维系最长久，也最快乐。
This is not the time to be trying to beat your personal record or run your longest distance ever.
孕期不是你打破个人记录，跑此生最长距离的时候。
The man who said he had abolished "boom and bust" has presided over the longest, deepest recession since the second world war.
昔日称他已经消除了“经济繁荣与萧条的交替循环”的人，而今得负责应对二战以来时间最长、程度最深的经济衰退。
Their fangs are the longest of any poisonous snake on Earth, growing up to two inches (five centimeters) long.
加蓬蝰蛇毒牙的长度是毒蛇当中最长的，一直可以长到2英寸（5厘米）。
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
一个男人爱他的情人最多，爱他的妻子最好，爱他的母亲最长。
For 11 years Takuo Toda had been trying to break the Guinness record for the longest paper airplane flight.
11年来，TakuoToda都在试着打破世界上纸飞机飞行的最长记录。
"Harambee is one of the longest running festivities of its kind in the state of Texas, " said Billie Lusk, this years organizer.
“哈兰，是历史最悠久的节日它在德克萨斯州说：”比利拉斯克，这几年组织者。
When I stand in front of you, you do not know I love you, which also does not make the longest distance.
世界上最遥远的距离，不是我站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你
Apart from being among the longest and widest in the sky, the First Class seat can quickly and easily extend into a full-length bed.
除了拥有所有航空公司中最长最宽的尺寸之外，头等舱座位更能快速轻易地伸展成为一张完整的床。
My Dad looked at me for the longest tine, and his eyes started to tear up.
爸爸盯着我看了好长时间，潸然泪下。
Although he had been trapped by an aftershock rather than the initial earthquake, the man is the longest survivor so far under the rubble.
虽然困住这名男子的不是最初的大地震，而是一次余震，但他已经成为被埋得最久的幸存者。
I have seen it a few times before and it was always (WRONGLY) claimed as being the longest exposure in photographic history.
之前也看过几次，人们总误以为这是摄影史上曝光时间最长的照片。
The director of the Vietnam Records Book Center, said the couple broke the Vietnamese record for the longest recorded marriage last week.
越南纪录大全中心主任说，这对夫妇上个星期打破了越南结婚时间最长的纪录。
The U. S. economy appears to be emerging from its longest and deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
美国经济看来正脱离1930年大景气萧条以来为时最长、也最为严重的衰退。
His father said: 'He liked to challenge other kids to see who could keep the ball up the longest.
他父亲说：“他总爱和其他孩子较量谁顶球时间长”。
Chinese and Jews are the only two peoples that have the longest and most continual history. And both have suffered a great deal.
中国人和犹太人是世界上仅存的两个有着最悠久又没历史间断的民族，都历经磨难。
A man loves his sweetListent the outstanding, his wife the worst, but his mother the longest.
一个男孩爱他的情人最多，爱他的妻子最好，而爱他的母亲最久。
The cachet of investing in the best hedge funds meant a few celebrated managers were able to bargain for the longest lock-up periods.
在最好的对冲基金中，投资证明意味着少数投资大亨能够指望得到最长的期权锁定期。
In case of a tie the remove method returns the value which has been around the longest, i. e. , it behaves like a queue for equal elements.
在一种联系的情况下移去方法归还价值最长期在周围，即，它为了相等的元素运转像一个队列一样。
The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart.
人必须走的最长旅程，是从他的头到他的心的那十八英吋。
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