desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long

yearn, long, thirst

動詞 long:

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

形容詞 long:

1. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
3. of relatively great height
4. good at remembering
   同義詞：retentive, recollective, tenacious
5. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
6. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
7. involving substantial risk
8. planning prudently for the future
   同義詞：farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsighted
9. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"

副詞 long:

1. for an extended time or at a distant time
2. for an extended distance

1. He no longer lives here.
   他不再住在這里了。
2. That girl will go a long way, I'm sure.
   我相信那姑娘很有前途。
3. It's been a long haul but at last this dictionary is published.
   經(jīng)過千辛萬苦這部詞典才終於得以問世。
4. She longed to be back in China.
   她渴望回到中國。
5. I haven't known her long.
   我認(rèn)識她不久。
6. She was slender and had long dark hair.
   她身材苗條，有一頭長長的黑發(fā)。

long

adj.（形容詞）
long.er,long.est 縮寫 lg.

Extending a relatively great distance.
遠(yuǎn)距離的：延伸一段較長距離的
Having relatively great height; tall.
高的：有較大高度的；高的
Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several:
較長的，最長的：兩者之中較長的一個或多者之中最長的一個：
例句：
the long edge of the door.
門的長邊

Of relatively great duration:
較長期間的：
例句：
a long time.
很長的時間

Of a specified linear extent or duration:
長：一定直線長度或期間的：
例句：
a mile long; an hour long.
一英里長；一小時之久

Made up of many members or items:
內(nèi)容繁多的：由許多成員或項(xiàng)目組成的：
例句：
a long shopping list.
項(xiàng)目繁多的購物清單

Extending beyond an average or a standard:
超過的：延伸超過平均值或標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的：
例句：
a long game.
加時賽

Tediously protracted; lengthy:
長得乏味的；過長的：
例句：
a long speech.
冗長的演講

Concerned with distant issues; far-reaching:
遠(yuǎn)大的，深遠(yuǎn)的：關(guān)系到遠(yuǎn)處的事物的；范圍廣的：
例句：
took a long view of the geopolitical issues.
深遠(yuǎn)的展望地緣政治學(xué)問題

Involving substantial chance; risky:
需要很多機(jī)會的；冒險的：
例句：
long odds.
冒險的賭注

Having an abundance or excess of:
具相當(dāng)程度的：有豐富的或過多的…的：
例句：
.politicians whose résumés are long on competence.(Margaret Garrard Warner)
.政治家的簡歷皆顯露不凡.(瑪格麗特·加拉德·沃納)

Having a holding of a commodity or security in expectation of a rise in price:
囤積居奇的：持有貨物或證券等待物價上漲的：
例句：
long on soybeans.
囤積大豆

Linguistics
【語言學(xué)】
Having a comparatively great duration. Used of a vowel or consonant.
長音的：有較長持續(xù)時間的。用于元音或輔音
Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound inmate or feet, that is historically descended from a long vowel.
長母音的：屬于、關(guān)于或作為英語元音的，如mate 或 feet 中的元音按歷史源于長元音

Stressed or accented. Used of a syllable in accentual prosody.
重音的：重讀的或加重音的。用于重音韻律學(xué)中的音節(jié)
Being of relatively great duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
拉長的：相當(dāng)長的停頓。用于重音節(jié)詩體中的音節(jié)
adv.（副詞）
During or for an extended period of time:
延長地：延長的一段時間的：
例句：
The promotion was long due.
早該提升了

At or to a considerable distance; far:
遙遠(yuǎn)的，遠(yuǎn)的：在或到達(dá)相當(dāng)一段距離的；遙遠(yuǎn)的：
例句：
She walked long past the end of the trail.
她走到小徑遙遠(yuǎn)的盡頭

For or throughout a specified period:
長時間的：持續(xù)一定時間的或整個一段時間之內(nèi)的：
例句：
They talked all night long.
他們談了整整一個晚上

At a point of time distant from that referred to:
時間久遠(yuǎn)的：位于離所指的某一時間很遠(yuǎn)的一個時間點(diǎn)上的：
例句：
That event took place long before we were born.
這件事發(fā)生在我們出生以前很久

Into or in a long position, as of a commodity market.
保持長久的：處于或進(jìn)入多頭陣地的，如商品市場
n.（名詞）
A long time:
長時間：
例句：
This won`t take long.
這不用費(fèi)太長時間

Linguistics A long syllable, vowel, or consonant.
【語言學(xué)】 長音節(jié)：長音節(jié)、長元音或長輔音
One who acquires holdings in a security or commodity in expectation of a rise in price.
囤積商品者：持有證券或貨物等待物價上漲的人

A garment size for a tall person.
寬大的尺寸：高個子的人的服裝號碼
longs Trousers extending to the feet or ankles.
longs 長褲：長及腳面或腳踝的褲子

<習(xí)慣用語>any longer
For more time:
用更多的時間：
例句：
can`t wait any longer.
不能再等了

as long as 或
so long as
During the time that:
在…的時間之內(nèi)：
例句：
I`ll stay as long as I can.
我能呆多久就呆多久

Inasmuch as; since:
既然；因?yàn)椋?/br>例句：
As long as you`re up, get me a drink.
既然你已經(jīng)起來了，給我弄點(diǎn)喝的

Under the condition that; provided that:
以…為條件；只要：
例句：
.So long as we don`t understand it too well, every other language is poetry.(Anatole Broyard)
.只要我們對別的語音還不太了解，它們就都是詩.(阿納托爾·布魯瓦亞爾)

before long
Soon.
很快
long ago
At a time or during a period well before the present:
以前：在現(xiàn)在以前的一個時間或一段時間：
例句：
I read that book long ago.
我很久以前讀過那本書

A time well before the present:
很久以前：很久以前的一個時間：
例句：
heroes of long ago.
古代英雄

long in the tooth
Growing old.
變老
no longer
Not now as formerly:
不再：現(xiàn)在與以前不同：
例句：
He no longer smokes.
他不再吸煙了

not long for
Unlikely to remain for much more time in:
不大可能在…中存在很久：
例句：
not long for this world.
將不久于人世

the long and the short of it
The substance or gist:
內(nèi)容或梗概：
例句：
You can look on the front page of the paper for the long and the short of it.
你可以看看第一頁上的梗概

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English lang * see del-
源自 古英語 lang *參見 del-

long
long 2

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
longed,long.ing,longs
To have an earnest, heartfelt desire, especially for something beyond reach.See Synonyms at yearn
渴望：有真摯的、由衷的愿望的，尤指對力不能及之物的渴望參見 yearn

來源：
Middle English longen
中古英語 longen
from Old English langian * see del-
源自 古英語 langian *參見 del-