She was slender and had long dark hair.

她身材苗条，有一头长长的黑发。

She bought some roses with long stems.

她买了一些枝干很长的玫瑰花。

He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.

他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。

I haven't seen him for a long while.

我已经很久没见到他了。

After such a long walk you may feel hungry.

走了这么久，你也许会觉得饿了。

The long vowels have undergone much modification.

长元音经历了太多的修正。

I haven't known her long.

我认识她不久。

I knew Tom long before I knew you.

我在认识你之前很久就认识了汤姆。

She plays her radio all day long.

她整天开收音机。

She sat by her sick husband all night long.

她整夜坐在生病的丈夫身边。

She longed to be back in China.

她渴望回到中国。

They long for a chance to visit Shanghai.

他们渴望有机会访问上海。

This won't take long.

这要不了多久。

Repairs to the cable did not take too long...

电缆的维修没有花太长的时间。

Have you known her parents long?...

你认识她父母很长时间了吗？

We had a long meeting with the attorney general...

我们和检察总长开了一个长会。

She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America...

她计划去埃及和美国度长假。

How long have you lived around here?...

你住在这一带有多长时间了？

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。

He was making quite a long speech...

他的讲话颇为冗长。

This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.

这部电影较长，有3小时7分钟。

Go to sleep. I've got a long day tomorrow...

睡觉吧。我明天还得忙呢。

She was a TV reporter and worked long hours...

她是个电视台记者，总是工作到很晚。

We played that record all night long...

我们整晚都在放那张唱片。

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。

...a long table...

长桌

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。

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。

The long journey tired him...

长途旅行使他疲惫不堪。

She is wearing a long black dress.

她身穿一袭黑色长裙。

...a long-sleeved blouse.

长袖女式衬衫

An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long...

8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸长。

How long is the tunnel?...

隧道有多长？

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。

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。

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。

'What's happened to her?' 'u2014 'I'm sure she won't be long.'...

“她怎么回事？”——“我相信她快到了。”

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。

German interest rates will come down before long...

德国的利率水平很快就会降下来。

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。

long live freedom!...

自由万岁！

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。

Food shortages are no longer a problem...

食物短缺不再是个问题。

用作定语～+ n.

1. The pupils have two long holidays every year.
   学生们每年有两次长假。
2. His long illness and consequent absence from school delayed his progress of study.
   他长时间生病以及随后的缺课耽搁了他的学业。
3. They have begun the long and tiresome grind of preparing themselves for college entrance.
   他们已经开始考大学前那种长期而劳累地埋头苦学了。
4. There was a long interval before he replied.
   一段长时间的间隔之后,他才做答复。
5. After a long separation, they held a glad meeting.
   阔别多年之后,他们举行了一个令人愉快的聚会。
6. We succeeded in winning the contract, but for a long time, we were sailing against the wind, and were doubtful of our success.
   我们终于签订了那份合同,但在很长一段时间里我们一直遇到重重阻力,以致不敢相信自己能获得成功。
7. After a long hunt for him, we saw him emerging from the crowd.
   我们找了他半天之后,看见他从人群里出来了。
8. By all appearance the strike will go on for a long time.
   显然这次罢工要持续很长时间。
9. The amount of coal of this country will be exhaustible within not a long time.
   这个国家的煤储藏量在不久的将来就会用尽。
10. For a long period of time Latin was the literary language of Italy.
    有很长一段时间,拉丁语是意大利的文学语言。
11. The long war exhausted our country in the nineteenth century.
    在19世纪,长期的战争使我们的国家民穷财尽。
12. The long journey knocked her up.
    长途旅行把她累坏了。
13. She had been away on a long trip.
    她曾旅行到过很远的地方。
14. They were unused to walking long distance.
    他们不习惯长距离的步行。
15. It was a terrible grind getting up that long hill.
    爬上那个漫长的斜坡令人极度劳累。
16. She plays a very dramatic woman with flashing eyes and a long black dress.
    她饰演一位身着黑色长装、双眼闪光的引人注目的妇人。
17. The plot is rather thin for such a long story.
    对这样长的故事来说,这个情节显得太单薄了。
18. That long talk healed many differences.
    那次长谈消除了很多分歧。
19. A long talk is tedious.
    冗长的谈话令人生厌。
20. It is a long shot but I think John must have known about the murder.
    虽然这只是个猜测,但我认为约翰对这件谋杀案一定知情。

用作表语S+be+～

1. Your car is longer than mine.
   你的汽车比我的长。
2. It's an hour long.
   这有一个钟头之久。
3. The garden is 20 metres long and 15 metres wide.
   这个花园有20米长,15米宽。
4. The house is 40 feet long and 20 feet broad.
   这屋长40英尺,宽30英尺。
5. This new railway is four hundred kilometres long.
   这条新铁路有400公里长。

S+be+～+on n .

1. He is long on brains.
   他头脑聪明。
2. He is long on hope.
   他有很多希望。

S+be+～+(in) v -ing

1. You have been long fetching the car.
   你去取车子已经很久了。
2. I won't be long unpacking.
   我很快就会把行李打开。
3. He was a long time writing a letter.
   他竟花了半天才写出一封信。
4. He won't be long making up his mind.
   他很快就会作决定。
5. Spring is long in coming.
   春天姗姗来迟。
6. He is long in returning.
   他迟迟归来。

用作状语

1. My grandpa has long thought of retiring at 80.
   我祖父早就想在80岁退休。
2. I've long wanted to meet her.
   我很久以来就想见她。
3. He remained long in London.
   他在伦敦呆了很久。
4. He stayed up long after midnight.
   午夜以后,他久久没睡。
5. I have long been cherishing the hope of visiting Beijing.
   我很久以来一直想参观北京。
6. They had not been married long when her husband was ordered abroad.
   她丈夫受命出国时,他们结婚还没多久。
7. He said that he had seen a tiger long before.
   他说他很久以前见过老虎。
8. He hasn't long been back.
   他刚回来。
9. I'm sorry but I can't stay longer.
   对不起,我不能再久留了。

1. Were you there for long?
   你到那儿很久了吗?
2. Shall you be away for long?
   你得离开很久吗?
3. He was imprisoned for long.
   他被监禁在牢里很久了。
4. I can't stay for long.
   我呆不了多久。
5. Shall I have long to wait?
   我要等很长时间吗?

用作不及物动词S+～+to- v

1. We are longing to see you.
   我们极想见到你。
2. Ever since then I've been longing to meet him face to face.
   从那时起我一直渴望和他面对面地聚会。

a long haul

持久而艰苦的活动 long and difficult activity, etc.

at the longest

最多,最长 not longer than the specified time

long odds

极小的可能性 a remote chance

as〔so〕 long as

既然,由于 since

no longer

不再,已不 after a certain point in time

before long

不久 soon

take long

花时间干某事 cost time to do sth

the long and the short of it

概括 an abbreviated account

long for (v.+prep.)

渴望;羡慕 desire earnestly;wish for very much
long for sb/sth

He longed for his mother.

他非常想念他母亲。

He has been longing for her ever since she left.

自她走后,他一直在想念她。

You seem to be longing for me in saying something.

好像你很想听我说些什么。

There is no one but longs for success.

没有人不希望成功。

She is longing for home.

她渴望回家。

The children are longing for the holidays.

孩子们渴望假日的到来。

I'm longing for an icy cold beer. Aren't you?

我很想来一瓶冰镇啤酒,你不想也来一瓶吗?

It has rained for five days in succession, so we are longing for some sunshine.

已连续下了五天的雨,因此,我们渴望着出太阳。

I long for the day when my dreams can come true.

我渴望有一天能够梦想成真。

I long for the time when I don't have to work as hard as this.

我渴望能不像现在这样劳累。

So this is what you've been longing for.

哦,这就是你一直所渴求的东西。

A swift change is longed for, but unlikely.

人们期盼着更快的变化,但不太可能。

long for sb to-v

I long for him to write me often.

我盼他常给我写信。

I'm longing for him to arrive.

我迫切希望他来。

She longed for her husband to say something.

她渴望她的丈夫能说些什么。

He longs for her to come back to him.

他热切希望她回到他身边。

～+名词

• long%20arm">long arm长臂
• long%20book">long book长书
• long%20dress">long dress长裙
• long%20hair">long hair长发
• long%20illness">long illness久病
• long%20journey">long journey长途旅行
• long%20note">long note远期票据
• long%20run">long run长远,终究
• long%20time">long time很长时间
• long%20way">long way远路

名词+～

• long">a foot long一英尺长
• long">a kilometre long一公里长
• long">a meter long一米长
• long">a mile long一英里长
• long">a month long一个月之久
• long">a week long一周之久
• long">a year long一年之久
• long">an hour long一小时长
• long37">thirty-seven minute long37分钟长

～+副词

• long%20curiously">long curiously异乎寻常地持久
• long%20diffusely">long diffusely冗长地持久
• long%20endlessly">long endlessly无尽地持久
• long%20extraordinarily">long extraordinarily特别长
• long%20extremely">long extremely特别长
• long%20incredibly">long incredibly难以置信地持久
• long%20interminably">long interminably冗长地持久
• long%20remarkably">long remarkably明显地持久
• long%20tiresomely">long tiresomely令人厌倦地持久
• long%20unconscionably">long unconscionably过度地持久

～+介词

• long%20about">long about对… 慢吞吞的
• long%20in">long in迟迟
• long%20in%20coming">long in coming姗姗来迟
• long%20on">long on擅长…的

动词+～

• long">anticipate long长久以来期望
• long">stay long长期呆下去
• long">wait long长期等下去
• long">want long长期想

～+副词

• long%20drawn-up">long drawn-up过长的,过分延长的
• long%20lived">long lived长寿的,长命的
• long%20standing">long standing存在已久的
• long%20suffering">long suffering长期受苦的
• long%20travelled">long travelled长期旅行的
• long%20ago">long ago很久以前
• long%20before">long before很久以前
• long%20since">long since很久以来

动词+～

• long">take long需要很长时间

介词+～

• long">before long不久以后
• long">for long长久

～+副词

• long%20fondly">long fondly深情地渴望
• long%20fruitlessly">long fruitlessly没有结果地渴望
• long%20inexplicably">long inexplicably莫名其妙地渴望
• long%20inexpressibly">long inexpressibly无法形容地渴望
• long%20irrationally">long irrationally不合理地渴望
• long%20irresistibly">long irresistibly不可抑制地渴望
• long%20restlessly">long restlessly坐立不安地渴望
• long%20singularly">long singularly奇特地渴望
• long%20wildly">long wildly强烈地渴望

～+介词

• long%20for">long for渴望…
• long%20for%20peace">long for peace渴望和平
• long%20for%20the%20holidays">long for the holidays盼望假日

• She could not have come a very long distance.

  出自：T. Hardy

• Annette walked quickly, taking long strides.

  出自：I. Murdoch

• She has long brown hair hanging down her back.

  出自：E. Caldwell

• The long stretch of Government Road.

  出自：W. Boyd

• She longed to have her ambitions aroused.

  出自：E. L. Doctorow

• He longed for him to be taken into care.

  出自：M. Amis

• 'Have you known her long?' I asked...'Since she was a child.'

  出自：J. Buchan

• A series of..kindly housekeepers (none of whom stayed very long).

  出自：J. Mitchell

• He..would long remember their talk.

  出自：D. Prater

• I don't know how much longer I'll..keep on that job.

  出自：N. Gordimer

交通

B：How (far/ close/long of a trip) is it?
有多远？

A：It’s about 10 miles.
大概10英里吧。

外企英语

A：I’ve finished it all.
全都做完了。

B：It’s been along day.
今天忙了一天。

A：It’s dark outside already.
外边天都黑了。

B：It’s time to go home.
该回家了。

long

A：Let’s go home!
我们回家吧。

交通

long

A：It looks like we’re in for along (drive/ trip/ journey).
看上去我们（驾车时间/旅途/旅程）不会短的了。

B：Ah, well, put on the news.
啊，那么，来点新闻听吧。