long的中文意思

• 0 continuing for a large amount of time

  • a long film/meeting 很长的电影／会议

  • I've been waiting a long time. 我已经等了很久了。

  • It's a long time since I worked there. 我不在那里工作已经很久了。

  • Apparently the sessions are an hour long. 显然这些会议都长达1个小时。

• 1 being a distance between two points that is more than average or usual

  • long hair 长发

  • long legs 长腿

  • a long dress 长裙

  • There was a long queue at the post office. 邮局里排起了长队。

  • We're still a long way from the station. 我们离车站还很远。

• 2 used to describe a piece of writing that has a lot of pages or words

  • a long letter/book/report 长信／大部头的书／长篇报告

• 3 used to mean "(for) a long time", especially in questions and negative sentences

  • Have you been waiting (for) long? 你等了很久吗？

  • I'm just writing a letter but it won't take long. 我在写信，很快就写完了。

  • How long have you been in England? 你在英格兰呆多久了？

  • Don't rush - take as long as you like. 别着急——慢慢来。

  • We've been walking all day long. 我们走了整整一天。

  • I've known her longer than you have. 我认识她的时间比你长。

  • I won't be staying much longer. 我不会呆很久。

  • She left the house long before I arrived. 在我到达前很久，她就离开这座屋子了。

  • It wasn't long before he was back with his family. 不久之后他和全家就回来了。

  • He did not join them until long after they had eaten. 当他们早就吃完时他才加入他们。

  • a long-awaited letter 期盼已久的来信

  • long-serving employees 老雇员

• 4 used to say that something must happen before something else can happen

  • I can come as long as I can leave by 4.00. 只要我能在4点钟之前出发，我就能来。

  • Bring your friends by all means - just so long as I know how many are coming. 一定要把你的朋友们带来——只要让我知道来多少人就行。

• 5 to want something very much

  • She longed to see him again. 她很想再见到他。

  • I'm longing for news of him. 我正在盼望着得到他的消息。

• 6 written abbreviation for longitude

• 7 written abbreviation for longitude