long中文

• n.
  朗〔姓氏〕。vi.
  渴想，極想，渴望 (for, 〔古語〕 after to do)。adj.
  (longer longest )
  +更多解釋...1.長，長的。 a long way 遠距離。 a long way off 離得很遠。 It is five feet long. 這有五英尺長。
  2.個子高的。 a long man 高個子的人。
  3.長久的，長期的。 a long friendship 長期的友誼。 a long memory 長久不忘的好記性。 a long note 遠期票據。 It will be long before we know the truth. 很久以后真相才會大白。 It will not be long before we know the truth. 不久真相就會大白。 Now we shan't be long! 〔口語〕這回就好啦!
  4.冗長的，拖長的。 Don't be long about it! 別慢吞吞的。 She is long in coming. 她姍姍來遲。
  5.…以上，足足。 three long hours 足足三小時。 a long mile 一英里以上。
  6.達到遠方的。 have a long arm (為了擴張勢力)把手伸到老遠。 take a long view of the matter 從長遠考慮這事。
  7.〔詩〕長音的，重讀的；【語音】長音(節)的。
  8.【商業】行情看漲的，做多頭的。 be on the long side of the market. 做多頭。
  9.長于…的。 be long on understanding 理解力強。
  10.眾多的，充足的，大的。
  短語和例子
  Corn is in long supply. 谷物供應充足。 fetch long prices 售得高價。 have a long family 有很多子女。 read a long list of books 讀很多書。 as broad as it is long 反正都一樣。 as long as 1. 長達…，達…之久 (as long as five years 長達五年之久)。 2. ＝ so long as. as long as one's arms 極長。 at (the) longest 至多。 be long in ...ing 很不容易… (Spring is long in coming. 春天好不容易才來)。 before (very) long 不(需很)久。 by a long chalk ＝ by long chalks 〔口語〕在很大程度上，遠遠，…得多。 make a long arm 把手伸得老遠。 make a long guess 作大致估計。 not by a long chalk [shot] 絕不；差得遠。 one's long home 墳墓 (go to one's long home 死)。adv.
  1.長久；久已。 The opportunity was not long (in) coming. 機會不久就來了。 He will not be long for this world. 他活不了多久了。 I have long been meaning to write. 我早就想寫信了。 It was long before he recovered. 他的病好久才痊愈。
  2.始終。 all day [night] long整天[夜]。 all one's life long一輩子。
  3.遙遠地。
  短語和例子
  a long-travelled person 曾到遠處旅行的人。 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 你來了多少時候？)。 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 〔口語〕再見! so long as 只要 (Stay so long as you like. 只要你喜歡盡管待在這兒好啦)。n.
  1.長期間。 It will not take long. 這不需要很多時間。
  2.〔the L-〕 ＝long vacation.
  3.〔pl.〕 【商業】看漲的人，做多頭的人。 (opp. shorts).
  4.【語音】長母音；長音節；長子音。
  5.(服裝的)長尺寸；〔pl.〕長褲。
  短語和例子
  for long 長久 longs and shorts 1. 詩〔尤指古希臘的和古拉丁的〕。 2. 【建筑】長短砌合。 the long and the short of it is that... 要點，梗概，總之。adv.
  -ly ,-ness n.

• -long:     表示“向”，“在”：endlong ...
• a long:    阿垅
• as long as:    （表示條件）只要……; 達…之外,長 ...

例句與用法

1. Oh, how she longed to win him to converse !
   啊，她多想同他款款而談！
2. For a long time his fate was in the balance .
   他的命運很久不能確定。
3. He was never long absent from my side .
   他從未長時間離開過我的身邊。
4. He tends not to stay in one place for very long .
   他在哪兒都呆不長。
5. At long last a compromise was agreed on .
   通過互讓最終達成折衷協議。

英文釋義

形容詞

1. 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"
2. 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"
3. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate'', `beat'', `bite'', `boat'', `boot'' are long"
4. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
5. good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
   同義詞：retentive, recollective, tenacious

副詞

1. 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"
2. for an extended distance
3. 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"
4. for an extended distance

形容詞

1. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
2. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
   同義詞：farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsighted
3. involving substantial risk; "long odds"
4. of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"

动詞

1. desire strongly or persistently
   同義詞：hanker, yearn