long

常見例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• The pupils have two long holidays every year.
  學(xué)生們每年有兩次長假。
• His long illness and consequent absence from school delayed his progress of study.
  他長時間生病以及隨后的缺課耽擱了他的學(xué)業(yè)。
• They have begun the long and tiresome grind of preparing themselves for college entrance.
  他們已經(jīng)開始考大學(xué)前那種長期而勞累地埋頭苦學(xué)了。
• There was a long interval before he replied.
  一段長時間的間隔之后,他才做答復(fù)。
• After a long separation, they held a glad meeting.
  闊別多年之后,他們舉行了一個令人愉快的聚會。
• We succeeded in winning the contract, but for a long time, we were sailing against the wind, and were doubtful of our success.
  我們終于簽訂了那份合同,但在很長一段時間里我們一直遇到重重阻力,以致不敢相信自己能獲得成功。
• After a long hunt for him, we saw him emerging from the crowd.
  我們找了他半天之后,看見他從人群里出來了。
• By all appearance the strike will go on for a long time.
  顯然這次罷工要持續(xù)很長時間。
• The amount of coal of this country will be exhaustible within not a long time.
  這個國家的煤儲藏量在不久的將來就會用盡。
• For a long period of time Latin was the literary language of Italy.
  有很長一段時間,拉丁語是意大利的文學(xué)語言。
• The long war exhausted our country in the nineteenth century.
  在19世紀(jì),長期的戰(zhàn)爭使我們的國家民窮財盡。
• The long journey knocked her up.
  長途旅行把她累壞了。
• She had been away on a long trip.
  她曾旅行到過很遠(yuǎn)的地方。
• They were unused to walking long distance.
  他們不習(xí)慣長距離的步行。
• It was a terrible grind getting up that long hill.
  爬上那個漫長的斜坡令人極度勞累。
• She plays a very dramatic woman with flashing eyes and a long black dress.
  她飾演一位身著黑色長裝、雙眼閃光的引人注目的婦人。
• The plot is rather thin for such a long story.
  對這樣長的故事來說,這個情節(jié)顯得太單薄了。
• That long talk healed many differences.
  那次長談消除了很多分歧。
• A long talk is tedious.
  冗長的談話令人生厭。
• It is a long shot but I think John must have known about the murder.
  雖然這只是個猜測,但我認(rèn)為約翰對這件謀殺案一定知情。

用作表語: S+be+～

• Your car is longer than mine.
  你的汽車比我的長。
• It's an hour long.
  這有一個鐘頭之久。
• The garden is 20 metres long and 15 metres wide.
  這個花園有20米長,15米寬。
• The house is 40 feet long and 20 feet broad.
  這屋長40英尺,寬30英尺。
• This new railway is four hundred kilometres long.
  這條新鐵路有400公里長。

S+be+～+on n .

• He is long on brains.
  他頭腦聰明。
• He is long on hope.
  他有很多希望。

S+be+～+(in) v -ing

• You have been long fetching the car.
  你去取車子已經(jīng)很久了。
• I won't be long unpacking.
  我很快就會把行李打開。
• He was a long time writing a letter.
  他竟花了半天才寫出一封信。
• He won't be long making up his mind.
  他很快就會作決定。
• Spring is long in coming.
  春天姍姍來遲。
• He is long in returning.
  他遲遲歸來。

用作副詞 (adv.)

用作狀語

• My grandpa has long thought of retiring at 80.
  我祖父早就想在80歲退休。
• I've long wanted to meet her.
  我很久以來就想見她。
• He remained long in London.
  他在倫敦呆了很久。
• He stayed up long after midnight.
  午夜以后,他久久沒睡。
• I have long been cherishing the hope of visiting Beijing.
  我很久以來一直想?yún)⒂^北京。
• They had not been married long when her husband was ordered abroad.
  她丈夫受命出國時,他們結(jié)婚還沒多久。
• He said that he had seen a tiger long before.
  他說他很久以前見過老虎。
• He hasn't long been back.
  他剛回來。
• I'm sorry but I can't stay longer.
  對不起,我不能再久留了。

用作名詞 (n.)

• Were you there for long?
  你到那兒很久了嗎?
• Shall you be away for long?
  你得離開很久嗎?
• He was imprisoned for long.
  他被監(jiān)禁在牢里很久了。
• I can't stay for long.
  我呆不了多久。
• Shall I have long to wait?
  我要等很長時間嗎?

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～+to- v

• We are longing to see you.
  我們極想見到你。
• Ever since then I've been longing to meet him face to face.
  從那時起我一直渴望和他面對面地聚會。

更多例句

• The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
  通往和平的道路將很漫長。
• It was five long miles to the nearest pub.
  離最近的酒吧有長長的5英里的路程。
• His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
  他的目的地是喬伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃爾德的家離得很遠(yuǎn)。
• At ( long ) last he knew the meaning of life.
  終于,他知道了生命的意義.
• Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.
  我方和貴公司的長期合作帶來了巨大的利益.
• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.
  搬運回家的這段路程特別長,到家時我們已筋疲力盡.
• She had no head for business, and it was not long before she went under.
  她沒有做生意的頭腦, 不久就失敗了.
• How long will the substance take to salt out?
  這種物質(zhì)需要多長時間來鹽析?
• It didn't take her long to make up.
  她很快就化妝好了.
• The garden was neglected so long that it was choked up with weeds.
  這座花園日久荒蕪,長滿了雜草.
• She asked the nurse how long her agony must last.
  她問護(hù)士,她的極端痛苦要延續(xù)多久.
• You can soak out most marks in this special cleaning liquid if you leave the clothes in it long enough.
  只要把衣服在這種特殊的洗滌劑中浸泡一段時間,大部分污垢就可以泡掉.
• After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.
  耽擱了很久以后, 他找到時間寫這封信.
• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word'shoe ".
  長元音即如“shoe ” 一詞中的長音.
• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.
  我渴望到好望角去旅行.
• Take your ease, for the journey ahead will be long and arduous.
  好好休息一下, 前面的路程遠(yuǎn)而艱難呢.
• I was a tired man when the long race was over.
  我跑完長跑后疲乏極了.
• The inscription of the monument has worn away over a long period of time.
  年深月久,碑文已經(jīng)磨滅了.
• He did not agree until I had talked to him for a long time.
  我勸說了半天,他才肯了.
• It was a long story with many ands.
  這故事說來話長,有許多細(xì)節(jié).
• It's strange that the bus has been delayed so long.
  真奇怪,汽車竟耽誤這么長時間.
• He moved out long ago.
  他早就搬走了.
• You have had a long day.
  今天的活動太緊張了.
• Their daughter hadn't written to them for a long time, and they were rather worried.
  女兒久未來信, 父母頗為懸念.
• Have you been waiting long?
  讓你等的時間久 嗎 ?
• I won't forget as long as I live.
  一輩子也忘不了.
• Man has struggled long against the brute forces of nature.
  長期以來,人類一直在同無情的自然力作斗爭.
• The snake curled up in the long grass.
  那條蛇在深草里把身子蜷做一團(tuán).
• We had a long sederunt.
  我們開了很長時間的會.
• They may endure as varieties for very long periods.
  在極長時期內(nèi)停留在變種階段.
• People have made a long search for the cause ( s ) of malaria.
  人們?yōu)榱苏页?瘧疾 的起因進(jìn)行了長時期的探索.
• Can this vast horror be long concealed?
  這個恐怖萬分的事件能夠長時期被掩蓋起來 嗎 ?
• For a long time we neglected the development of the productive forces of the socialist society.
  我們在一個長時期里忽視了發(fā)展社會主義社會的生產(chǎn)力.
• Long running sensor subscriptions may benefit from implementing trigger or alarm mechanisms.
  長時期的傳感數(shù)據(jù)獲取可以得益于觸發(fā)或者預(yù)警機(jī)制的實施.
• For a long time, Hong Kong has embraced the eastern and western cultures.
  長時期以來, 中西方文化在香港相互輝映,相互交融.
• Concluson: The hypoplasia of embryos is not the primary reason for long dormancy of the seeds.
  結(jié)論: 北五味子種子胚形態(tài)發(fā)育不完全,不是種子長時期休眠的主要原因.
• This will be our task for a very long time to come.
  這就是我們今后很長時期的任務(wù).
• Longer term it's a good idea to move toward a world currency.
  從較長時期來看,轉(zhuǎn)向一種世界貨幣是個好主意.
• The harp long been a symbol of Ireland.
  豎琴長時期以來都是愛爾蘭的象征.
• In spite of a long struggle we succeeded in carrying most of our plans through.
  盡管經(jīng)過長時期的斗爭,我們還是得以實施我們的大部分計劃.
• I mean she's trying to lay ground for a longer term discussion and cooperation with them.
  我的意思是,她要尋求與亞洲更長時期的交流與合作.
• Now the legacy of that long boom threatens to deliver a long slump.
  西班牙長時期的繁榮現(xiàn)在卻帶來了長期蕭條的隱患.
• Children, especially younger children, might potentially be contagious for longer periods.
  兒童, 尤其是幼兒, 在較長時期內(nèi)可能均具有潛在傳染性.
• You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.
  你們比我們擁有更大的能力; 你們必須盡早開始, 盡可能長時期堅持下去.
• For the incentive function will vanish once encased, the stock holding term must be set long.
  股權(quán)一經(jīng)兌現(xiàn)其激勵作用即告消失, 所以要規(guī)定較長時期內(nèi)行權(quán)兌現(xiàn).
• His hearing was impaired by the continuous great noise for a long period of time.
  長時期的連續(xù)巨大的噪聲使他的聽力受到了損害.
• Nagasaki's garment and assembly shops have long since gone to China.
  長崎的服裝和組裝船長時期流向中國.
• In reading a novel, he generally skips over all the long descriptive passages.
  閱讀小說時, 他總是把那些冗長的描寫統(tǒng)統(tǒng)跳過去不看.
• We had to sit a long speech out yesterday afternoon.
  昨天下午我們不得不把一個冗長的演說聽到底.
• He tired the audience with his long speech.
  他的冗長的演說使聽眾不耐煩了.
• Long lectures really switch me off.
  我覺得冗長的演講很煩人.
• He uses long words as a cloak for his ignorance.
  他用冗長的話作為他無知的掩飾.
• He dozed off during the long lecture.
  他在聽冗長的演講時打起瞌睡來.
• The novel is blemished by those long descriptions.
  那些冗長的描寫使小說大為減色.
• It meant a long, exhausting series of submission and argument before four separate government bodies.
  這就意味著要分別在四個政府機(jī)構(gòu)面前進(jìn)行一系列冗長的, 使人精疲力盡的陳述和論辯.
• The long speech gave us the fidgets.
  冗長的演說使我們厭煩得坐不住了.
• It was a long film and an uninteresting one to boot.
  這是部冗長的影片,而且很乏味.
• What a long speech ! Nobody's even listening to him.
  我冗長的致詞 啊 !沒人在聽嘛.
• The long speech tired the audience.
  那篇冗長的演說使聽眾厭煩了.
• The long speech gave him the fidgets.
  冗長的演說使他煩躁不安.
• Newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials.
  那天的報紙上發(fā)表了許多冗長的社論.
• He tired us with his long speeches.
  他冗長的講話使人厭煩.
• Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures.
  這次敘述通常被冗長的描述打斷.
• His speech branched out into a long tedious sermon.
  他的演說扯了開去,成了一篇冗長的說教.
• It's possible to abstract the most important points from this long report.
  從這篇冗長的報告中有可能歸納出極重要的幾點來.
• She is not given to long discussion, speaking curtly in accented English or Hindi.
  她不作冗長的討論, 言語簡潔,講英語或印地語時帶有口音.
• Facing long computation, besides patience, carefulness and accurateness, we must also emphasize the efficiency.
  面對冗長的計算, 除了耐心, 細(xì)致,準(zhǔn)確之外, 還要講求效率.
• However, current procurement practices are hampered by fragmentation, long subcontract chains and vague performance requirements.
  然而, 目前分割的 、 冗長的轉(zhuǎn)包鏈和含糊不清的性能要求阻礙了采購實踐.
• The long wait at the airport was really tedious.
  在機(jī)場冗長的等待的確乏味.
• The long speech bored us all.
  那冗長的演講使我們大家都感到厭煩.
• I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
  我是一只不怎么聰明的熊, 那些冗長的詞語總是困擾著我.
• Kate : Really? Was it a long meeting or that new proposal you're working on?
  凱伊: 真的 嗎 ?是因為冗長的會議還是忙著做新的計劃書?
• Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, get busy dying.
  短促的人生不夠用在冗長的哀悼, 要嘛忙著過活, 要嘛忙著赴死.
• His long lecture made us yawn.
  他那冗長的演講使我們聽得想打瞌睡.
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