longs

英 [lɒŋz]

美 [lɔːŋz]

v.  (尤指对看似不会很快发生的事)渴望
long的第三人称单数

经济

柯林斯词典

TIME 时间

• ADV-GRADED 长时间的；长久的；长期的
  Longmeans a great amount of time or for a great amount of time.
  1. Repairs to the cable did not take too long...
     电缆的维修没有花太长的时间。
  2. Have you known her parents long?...
     你认识她父母很长时间了吗？
  3. I learned long ago to avoid these invitations...
     我很早就学会怎样躲开这种邀请了。
  4. The railway had obviously been built long after the house...
     显然，这条铁路是房子建成后很久才造的。
  5. Chess has long been regarded as a measure of intellect.
     国际象棋长久以来被认为是智慧的体现。
  6. ...long-established social traditions.
     确立已久的社会传统
• ADJ-GRADED （事件或时期）持续时间长的，花长时间的
  Alongevent or period of time lasts for a great amount of time or takes a great amount of time.
  1. We had a long meeting with the attorney general...
     我们和检察总长开了一个长会。
  2. She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America...
     她计划去埃及和美国度长假。
  3. They sat looking at each other for a long while...
     他们坐着对视了很长时间。
  4. He must have started writing his book a long time ago.
     他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。
• ADV-GRADED （多）长（时间）
  You uselongto ask or talk about amounts of time.
  1. How long have you lived around here?...
     你住在这一带有多长时间了？
  2. He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember...
     在朋友的记忆中，他一直都在节食。
  3. She reflected no longer than a second before she decisively slit the envelope.
     她考虑了那么一瞬间就果决地撕开了信封。
  4. Longis also an adjective.
     
  5. How long is the usual stay in hospital?...
     住院通常要多长时间？
  6. The average commuter journey there is five hours long.
     那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。
  7. Longis also a combining form.
     （亦可用于构词）
  8. She'd just returned from a month-long visit to Egypt.
     她去了埃及一个月，刚刚回来。
• ADJ-GRADED 篇幅长的
  Alongspeech, 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.
  1. He was making quite a long speech...
     他的讲话颇为冗长。
  2. This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.
     这部电影较长，有3小时7分钟。
• ADJ-GRADED 超长的；过长的；拖长的
  If you describe a period of time or work aslong, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does.
  1. Go to sleep. I've got a long day tomorrow...
     睡觉吧。我明天还得忙呢。
  2. She was a TV reporter and worked long hours...
     她是个电视台记者，总是工作到很晚。
  3. This has been the longest week of my life.
     这是我一辈子过的最长的一个星期。
• （记忆力）强的，好的
  If someone has alongmemory, they are able to remember things that happened far back in the past.
• ADV 始终；整个地
  Longis used in expressions such asall year long,the whole day long, andyour whole life longto say and emphasize that something happens for the whole of a particular period of time.
  1. We played that record all night long...
     我们整晚都在放那张唱片。
  2. Snow is sometimes found all summer long upon the highest peaks.
     有时候山峰上整个夏天都有积雪。

DISTANCE AND SIZE 距离和大小

• ADJ-GRADED （长度）长的
  Something that islongmeasures a great distance from one end to the other.
  1. ...a long table...
     长桌
  2. A long line of people formed outside the doctor's office...
     医生的诊所外排了长长的一队人。
  3. Her hair was long and dark...
     她的头发又长又黑。
  4. Her legs were long and thin.
     她两腿细长。
• ADJ-GRADED （距离、旅途、路程等）长的
  Alongdistance is a great distance. Alongjourney or route covers a great distance.
  1. His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home...
     他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。
  2. The long journey tired him...
     长途旅行使他疲惫不堪。
  3. I went for a long walk.
     我去散了很长一段步。
• ADJ （衣服、衣袖或下摆）长的
  Alongpiece of clothing covers the whole of someone's legs or more of their legs than usual. Clothes withlongsleeves cover the whole of someone's arms.
  1. She is wearing a long black dress.
     她身穿一袭黑色长裙。
  2. ...a long-sleeved blouse.
     长袖女式衬衫
• ADJ-GRADED （从一端到另一端）（多）长的
  You uselongto talk or ask about the distance something measures from one end to the other.
  1. An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long...
     8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸长。
  2. How long is the tunnel?...
     隧道有多长？
  3. In the roots of the olives, you could find centipedes as long as a pencil.
     在橄榄树的根部可以找到像铅笔一样长的蜈蚣。
  4. Longis also a combining form.
     （亦可用于构词）
  5. ...a three-foot-long gash in the tanker's side.
     油轮一侧3英尺长的划口
• ADJ-GRADED 似乎比实际距离长的
  If you describe a distance aslong, you mean it seems to be greater than it actually is.
  1. It was five long miles to the nearest pub.
     离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。

PHRASES 短语

• PHR-CONJ-SUBORD 只要
  If you say that something is the caseas long asorso long assomething else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case.
  1. The interior minister said he would still support them, as long as they didn't break the rules...
     内政部长说，只要他们不违规，他仍然会支持他们。
  2. The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.
     只要选举在国际监督下进行，总统就不用下台。
• PHRASE 马上就到；很快回来；为时不远
  If you say that someonewon't be long, you mean that you think they will arrive or be back soon. If you say that itwon't be longbefore something happens, you mean that you think it will happen soon.
  1. 'What's happened to her?' — 'I'm sure she won't be long.'...
     “她怎么回事？”——“我相信她快到了。”
  2. If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.
     如果电台司令乐队的每首歌都像这首这么棒的话，那它很快便会家喻户晓了。
• PHRASE 行将；不久；很快
  If you say that something will happen or happenedbefore long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
  1. German interest rates will come down before long...
     德国的利率水平很快就会降下来。
  2. Before long he took over the editing of the magazine.
     他不久就接手负责杂志的编辑工作。
• PHRASE （表示支持和愿望）万岁/永存
  You uselong liveandlong mayin 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.
  1. Long live freedom!...
     自由万岁！
  2. It is a free world where we are all entitled to our opinions. Long may it remain so.
     这是个自由世界，人人都有权发表自己的意见。我们愿此永恒不变。
• PHRASE 不再；已不
  Something that isno longerthe case used to be the case but is not the case now. You can also say that something is not the caseany longer.
  1. Food shortages are no longer a problem...
     食物短缺不再是个问题。
  2. She could no longer afford to keep him at school...
     她已无法再供他读书。
  3. I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer.
     我注意到他已经不再坐在门边了。
• CONVENTION 再见；回见
  You can sayso longas an informal way of saying goodbye.
  1. Well, so long, pal, see you around.
     再见了，朋友，咱们回见。
• as long asyourarm→ see:arm

VERB USES 动词用法

• See also:Steve longed for the good old days...I'm longing to meet her...He longed for the winter to be over.longing

双语例句

• Mrs Barrantes longs to be at her daughter's side to offer her a shoulder to cry on
  巴兰特斯夫人很希望能在女儿身边听她倾诉。
• He is so destitute that he even longs to eat the food assigned to the pigs.
  他是如此贫困，他甚至渴望分配给猪吃的食物。
• How he longs for a sense of being able to do things!
  他多么渴望有能力办成事情啊！
• He longs for being friend with her.
  他渴望和她做朋友。
• But this is a type with which Sal longs to merge.
  但这是萨尔渴望融合进去的一类美国人。
• It has one thing everybody longs for? love.
  它拥有每个人渴望的一项东西？？爱。
• Sam can't afford the camera that he longs for because it is too dear.
  萨姆买不起他们极想要的那种照相机，因为那相机太贵了。
• Child of God, the Holy Spirit longs to possess you wholly.
  上帝的儿女们，圣灵渴望完全占有你。
• But now its author longs for normality.
  而现在，这位作者渴望正常的状态。
• Do you know that God longs to comfort you, tonight?
  你知道神今天就期待着要来安慰你吗？