longer
美 [lɔŋ] 
英 [lɒŋ]
- adj.（长度或距离）长的；（询问或谈论长度或距离）长；长时间的；长久的
- n.(服装的)长尺寸；长裤；【语】长母音；长音节
- adv.长期地；长久地；（在某一时间或事件之前或以后）很久地
- v.（尤指对看似不会很快发生的事）渴望
- 网络更长的；更长久；较长的
词形变化
比较级：longer 最高级：longest 第三人称单数：longs 现在分词：longing 过去式：longed 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
距离distance
1. | （长度或距离）长的measuring or covering a great length or distance, or a greater length or distance than usual |
| She had long dark hair. 她留着黑黑的长发。 |
| He walked down the long corridor. 他沿长廊走去。 |
| It was the world's longest bridge. 那座桥当时是世界上最长的。 |
| a long journey/walk/drive/flight 长途旅行╱步行╱驾驶╱飞行 |
| We're a long way from anywhere here. 我们这里离任何一个地方都很远。 |
| It's a long way away . 那儿离这里很远。 |
2. | （询问或谈论长度或距离）长used for asking or talking about particular lengths or distances |
| How long is the River Nile? 尼罗河有多长？ |
| The table is six feet long. 那张桌子长六英尺。 |
| The report is only three pages long. 这份报告仅有三页。 |
时间time
3. | 长时间的；长久的；长期的lasting or taking a great amount of time or more time than usual |
| He's been ill (for) a long time . 他生病很久了。 |
| There was a long silence before she spoke. 沉默了很长时间她才开口。 |
| I like it now the days are getting longer(= it stays light for more time each day) . 白天越来越长了，我很喜欢。 |
| a long book/film/list(= taking a lot of time to read/watch/deal with) 篇幅长的书；放映时间长的电影；一份很长的清单 |
| Nurses have to work long hours(= for more hours in the day than is usual) . 护士都不得不长时间地工作。 |
| He stared at them for the longest time(= for a very long time) before answering. 他盯着他们看了好长时间才回答。 |
4. | （询问或谈论某段时间）used for asking or talking about particular periods of time |
| How long is the course? 这门课程要念多久？ |
| I think it's only three weeks long. 我想只有三个星期长。 |
| How long a stay did you have in mind? 你原打算待多长时间？ |
5. | （因忙或不愉快等）似乎比实际时间长的seeming to last or take more time than it really does because, for example, you are very busy or not happy |
| I'm tired. It's been a long day. 我累了。这一天可真够长的。 |
| We were married for ten long years. 我们结婚有十年之久了。 |
衣物clothes
6. | 长的（完全或大部分覆盖腿或臂的）covering all or most of your legs or arms |
| She usually wears long skirts. 她通常穿长裙。 |
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元音vowel sounds
7. | 长音的taking more time to make than a short vowel sound in the same position |
| Have you been here long? 你来这里时间长吗？ |
| Stay as long as you like. 你愿待多久就待多久。 |
| The party went on long into the night. 聚会持续到深夜。 |
| This may take longer than we thought. 这事花的时间也许比我们预料的要多些。 |
| I won't be long(= I'll return, be ready, etc. soon) . 我一会儿就行。 |
| How long have you been waiting? 你等了多久了？ |
| These reforms are long overdue. 这些改革早就该进行了。 |
2. | （在某一时间或事件之前或以后）很久地a long time before or after a particular time or event |
| He retired long before the war. 他在战争之前早就退休了。 |
| It wasn't long before she had persuaded him(= it only took a short time) . 她没用多久就把他说服了。 |
| We'll be home before long(= soon) . 我们很快就要到家了。 |
| The house was pulled down long ago . 那栋房子很久以前就被拆掉了。 |
| They had long since(= a long time before the present time) moved away. 他们早就搬走了。 |
3. | （用于名词后强调某事发生在某整段时间）used after a noun to emphasize that sth happens for the whole of a particular period of time |
| We had to wait all day long . 我们不得不整天等候着。 |
| The baby was crying all night long . 婴儿整夜在哭。 |
| They stayed up the whole night long . 他们彻夜未眠。 |
1. | [i] （尤指对看似不会很快发生的事）渴望to want sth very much especially if it does not seem likely to happen soon |
| Lucy had always longed for a brother. 露西一直渴望有个弟弟。 |
| He longed for Pat to phone. 他期盼着帕特来电话。 |
| I'm longing to see you again. 我渴望再次见到你。 |
习惯用语
as long as your arm
| There's a list of repairs as long as your arm. 有一份长得要命的修理单。 |
at long last
| At long last his prayers had been answered. 他的祷告终于应验了。 |
at the longest
最长，至多（不超过某特定时间）not longer than the particular time given
| It will take an hour at the longest. 这事最多花一小时。 |
by a long way
go back a long way
相识很久to have known each other for a long time
| We go back a long way, he and I. 我跟他，我们俩相识很久了。 |
go a long way
经用；够维持很长时间to last a long time
| She seems to make her money go a long way. 看起来她用钱细水长流。 |
| A small amount of this paint goes a long way(= covers a large area) . 这种涂料用一点就可涂一大片。 |
| I find that a little of Jerry's company can go a long way(= I quickly get tired of being with him) . 我发觉跟杰里待上一会儿就受不了啦。 |
have come a long way
取得大的进步；大有长进to have made a lot of progress
| We've come a long way since the early days of the project. 这项目开始以来我们已取得很大进展。 |
have a long way to go
还有很长的路要走；还有很大差距to need to make a lot of progress before you can achieve sth
| She still has a long way to go before she's fully fit. 她还需要很长时间才能完全恢复健康。 |
how long is a piece of string?
一条线有多长（意指没有确切的答案）used to say that there is no definite answer to a question
| ‘How long will it take?’ ‘How long's a piece of string?’ “需要多长时间？”“没准儿。” |
in the long run
从长远来看concerning a longer period in the future
| This measure inevitably means higher taxes in the long run. 从长远来看这项措施的结果免不了要多纳税。 |
its a long story
一言难尽；说来话长used to say that the reasons for sth are complicated and you would prefer not to give all the details
the long arm of sth
（某事物的）权力，权威the power and/or authority of sth
| There is no escape from the long arm of the law. 法网恢恢，疏而不漏。 |
the long and (the) short of it
总而言之；总的情况used when you are telling sb the essential facts about sth or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details
(pull, wear, etc.) a long face
闷闷不乐；哭丧着脸；愁眉苦脸(to have) an unhappy or disappointed expression
long in the tooth
long on sth
擅长；颇具（某种特性）having a lot of a particular quality
| The government is long on ideas but short on performance. 这个政府想法很多但成效太少。 |
a long shot
成功希望不大的尝试；把握不大的猜测；姑妄一猜an attempt or a guess that is not likely to be successful but is worth trying
| It's a long shot, but it just might work. 没有什么把握，但也许行得通。 |
long time no see
好久不见了used to say hello to sb you have not seen for a long time
not by a long chalk
差得远；绝不；一点也不not nearly; not at all
| It's not over yet─not by a long chalk. 这事还没有了结，还差得远呢。 |
take a long (cool/hard) look at sth
极其慎重地考虑（问题或可能性）to consider a problem or possibility very carefully and without hurrying
| We need to take a long hard look at all the options. 我们需要十分谨慎地考虑所有的选择。 |
take the long view (of sth)
从长远考虑to consider what is likely to happen or be important over a long period of time rather than only considering the present situation
to cut a long story short
长话短说；扼要地说；简而言之used when you are saying that you will get to the point of what you are saying quickly, without including all the details
as/so long as
| We'll go as long as the weather is good. 只要天气好我们就去。 |
既然；由于；就…来说since; to the extent that
| So long as there is a demand for these drugs, the financial incentive for drug dealers will be there. 只要对这些毒品有需求，就存在着对贩毒者的经济诱因。 |
for (so) long
长久地；（这么）长时间地for (such) a long time
| Will you be away for long? 你要离开很久吗？ |
| I'm sorry I haven't written to you for so long. 真抱歉，我这么长时间未给你写信。 |
how long have you got?
你有多少时间（指需要很长时间来解释）used to say that sth is going to take a long time to explain
| What do I think about it? How long have you got? 这事我是怎么想的？说来话长，你有时间听吗？ |
long live sb/sth
…万岁；…万古常青used to say that you hope sb/sth will live or last for a long time
no/any longer
不再；不复used to say that sth which was possible or true before, is not now
| I can't wait any longer. 我不能再等了。 |
| He no longer lives here. 他不再住这儿了。 |
so long
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例句
When he arrived there it was no longer clear, but yellow and green. He stood there and said.
他来到海边时，海水绿得泛黄，也不像以往那样平静。他走了过去，站在海岸上说。
The idea was tempting; Kostya had no attachment to Toronto or to the Russian Riviera, but, at thirty-four, he was no longer a boy.
这个想法是很诱人的；克斯特亚对多伦多或俄罗斯海滨酒家都没什么可留恋的，但他现在已经34岁了，不再是一个小伙子了。
I realized that who I was, what I cared about, was no longer just a matter of intellect or obligation, no longer a construct of words.
我意识到自己是谁，我在关心什么，它们不再关乎才智和义务，不再是辞藻的堆砌。
Through his half-closed eyes, Jack had been watching Hensley. But playing dead in a burning aircraft was no longer an option.
透过半闭的眼睛，杰克一直观察着汉斯莱，但是在一架燃烧着的飞机里装死终究不是长久之计，他必须采取行动。
With the old Confederacy now the heart of the Republican base, boasting about the party's Civil War-era legacy is no longer advisable.
鉴于过去的邦联现在已经成为共和党的基础核心，吹嘘共和党内战时期的遗产不再成为可取的方针。
Bobbsey looked about for some railroad man of whom he could inquire how much longer delay there would be.
鲍勃西先生打量着四周，看看有没有乘务员，以便问问还要耽搁多长时间。
There was no longer any possibility of suggesting limitations or of countenancing rebellion.
已不允许再有任何对君权的限制或反抗。
Now, I was coming to her as an adult, and she knew it was no longer a phase.
但是现在，面对她的我已经是一个成年人，而她也知道这不再只是个阶段。
With the growing sophistication of IT technology, network this word is no longer strange to us.
随着IT技术的日益成熟，网络这个词对我们来说已经不再陌生。
To say that the depression, the most mainland star has no longer let "idol" this word is bright, shining.
不得不说，内地明星大多数的萧条，已经不再让‘偶像’这个词鲜明，闪耀。
However, by the time the shelter had been finished, the civil war was over and the Empire was no longer a threat.
尽管如此，当这一庇护所竣工时，银河内战业已结束，帝国不再构成威胁。
When my heart stopped pounding and my face was no longer scarlet, the encounter between the kitchen and the hall seemed a long way away.
当我的心脏停止了狂跳、我的脸不再绯红时，在厨房和走廊里遇到的那个人似乎显得遥远了。
After years of 'long-short' investing, Mr. von Mueffling and his analysts and traders no longer short, or bet against, stocks at all.
经过数年的多空投资，穆弗林及其分析师和交易员完全不再做空股票。
He said he would no longer feel safe traveling to the United States after his hair and facial wrinkles appeared on the bin Laden image.
他说，以后他去美国都得担心自己的人身安全，这张合成照片上“拷贝”了他的头发和面部皱纹。
"With brand new birds, brand new superpowers and a whole galaxy to explore, the sky is no longer the limit. " .
全新的小鸟，全新的技能，探索整个宇宙星系，天空再也不是极限。
Until one day, it was suddenly announced that I was no longer a coordinator of The Epoch Times management.
终于，有一天，我被突然宣布不再是大纪元经营协调人了。
It was only when you observed him for a longer period that you noticed the traces of madness lurking beneath his conservative exterior.
只有你在与他相处很长时间以后你才会意识到在他趋于正常保守的外表下潜伏着随时发病的恶魔。
The pages of the calendar fly off the wall and your holiday to-do list only seems to grow longer.
墙上日历的页码越来越少，而你假日要做的事情的清单却越来越长。
It concerns me that you no longer seem to care.
你似乎不再在乎，这令我担忧。
The huge advantage of such globalisation was that lenders no longer needed to be physically close to borrowers.
这种全球化带来的巨大益处是，借款人不再需要自己接近贷款人。
He just refused to accept that his father was no longer there.
他就是不肯接受他父亲已不在的现实。
How much longer are you thinking of staying there?
你还准备在那儿呆多久？
We wrestled for an hour, but the longer it went on, the more he realized the strength of his position.
我们较量了一个小时，但越是较量下去，他越看清了自己的地位稳固。
It is no accident that the more peace movements have multiplied the longer peace had been maintained.
和平运动越壮大，和平维持得越久，这可不是偶然的。
"Anaxarete, you have conquered, and shall no longer have to hear my importunities. "
“安娜克萨瑞忒，你胜利了，不必再听取我的恳求了。”
He no longer wished to be associated with the party's policy on education.
他不再愿意与该党的教育方针认同。
I hope I made it clear to him that he was no longer welcome here.
我希望我已经给他讲清楚他在这里不再受欢迎。
A small group of party members, who no longer agreed with the party thought, splintered off and formed a new political movement.
一小伙与党的宗旨格格不入的党员分裂出去，成立了一个新的政治团体。
When we try to go beyond these limits we can no longer directly perceive the physical nature of things.
超越这个限度，我们便不能直接把握这些事物的物理物质。
Shops are no longer allowed to push up their prices whenever they want.
再不允许商店想什么时候提价就提价了。
The thing that masked her as having passed the line was that she no longer had reticences before her husband.
她超过年龄界线的标志是她在丈夫面前不再忸怩。
She felt that he was no longer smiling and that his eyes, watching her, had darkened.
她感到，他脸上已没了笑容，那双注视着她的眼睛也变得暗淡起来。
Next day new steps were to be taken; my plans could no longer be confined to my own breast.
第二天要采取新的步骤了，我的计划不能再藏在我自己的心里。
It was no longer enough to be plausible in argument; one had to be convincing in action.
仅仅是嘴巴上能说会道的就不够了；还必须要在行动上令人信服。
When I saw him yesterday, he said he was so shrunk up and weak he didn't know if he could last much longer.
我昨天见到他时，他说他又干瘪又虚弱，不知道自己还能够活多久。
Today her books, though no longer easy to get, still read with a freshness that only a good writer can convey.
今天她的著作虽然已经不易买到，但是读起来依旧能给人一种只有优秀作家才能给人的清新感受。
She was no longer the milkmaid, but an essence of woman-a whole sex condensed into one typical form.
她不再是一个挤牛奶的女工了，而是个女性精华--从全体妇女里凝炼出来的一个典型仪容。
Out of the yellow guest room went all Lydia's things, and because such a time had passed she felt she no longer minded any more.
莉迪亚所有的东西都从黄色的客人卧室里搬了出来，她感到她再也不在乎了，因为那种时代已过去了。
I asked her to abide with me a while longer.
我请求她和我在一起多呆一会。
The party was no longer able to command a majority in Parliament.
该党已不再能够在国会中占有多数。
Since the beginning of supper, she had seemed no longer in her own house.
从晚餐一开始，她心里就似乎很不舒服。
I couldn't stand his suffering or seeing him lying there like a vegetable-not any longer-a man of his vitality.
我不忍心看他遭罪，看他象根蔬菜一样躺在那里，不久前他可是个精力充沛的人。
He put off the faith of his childhood quite simply, like a cloak that he no longer needed.
他轻而易举地摆脱了孩提时代的宗教信仰，就象扔掉了一件不再需要的斗篷一样。
David now knew Jenny's real character and he was no longer deceived by her pretences.
大卫现在了解了詹妮的真正性格，他不再被她的虚情假意所欺骗。
It is a sign that she has no longer the regard for him, Is their engagement safe and suitable?
这说明她已不再关心他了。他们之间的婚约还合适，还靠得住吗？
She was no longer plastic clay, yielding imprint to each new experience.
她已不再是一块可以捏塑的粘土，不是每一个新的经验都会留下印子了。
Churchill now redoubled his pleading, but his voice was no longer heard in Washington.
邱吉尔再次提出要求，但华盛顿不再听取他的意见。
The woman's managing to hold him off at the moment but she clearly won't last much longer.
那女子暂时缠住了他，可她显然支持不了多久。
"The apple fell because its stem would no longer hold it to its branch, " was his first thought.
“因为苹果的蒂已经不能使苹果继续挂在树枝上，所以它掉下来了。”这是他最初的想法。
There was no longer any German authority on any level.
不论在哪一级，都不存在德国的政权。
I can take a spring like this one and stretch it to the point that it no longer behaves like Hooke's Law.
像这样一个弹簧，将它拉伸到，它不再能遵循胡克定律的点。
He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on.
他，作为一个人，不再奋斗，是他那不愿束手待毙的生命力逼迫他向前走。
So it was no longer necessary to change the water in a tank for fish to live there. This led to the building of the first public aquariums.
所以，就没有必要再对养鱼缸中的水进行更换，这导致了第一批水族馆的兴建。
We decided to take players not only for six weeks but to think about Chelsea longer term but no more signings planned at the moment.
我们并不会仅仅为了接下来的六周时间购买某些球员，相反我们的收购时候在为球队做长远打算。同时切尔西目前也不打算做出其他收购。
At the time, it no longer made sense financially for her to work.
当时，让她上班在经济上变得不再划算。
Here, he let the top grow a bit longer and brushed it toward the center of his head to create a faux-hawk.
这个发型要等顶部长得更长一些再将它们刷向头部正中，这就成了仿莫霍克发型了。
How much longer will Mr. Schmidt be up in the mountains?
史先生还要在山上待多久？
And promoters no longer wait to see whether a programme becomes popular before turning it into a merchandising machine.
而一档节目在转变为商品促销机之前，对于其是否受欢迎，出资人不再迫不及待。
I know simply that this sky will last longer than I. And what shall I call eternity except what will continue after my death?
那除了这些我死之后依然长存之物，我还应该称何物为永恒呢？
She was still tired, but she was no longer happy.
她仍然很累，但再也高兴不起来了。
Name and money are an extremely fat body and a burden of spiritual progress, which make us no longer lithesome and unable to go ahead.
名和利就是臃肿的身体，是精神进步的累赘，让自己变得不再轻盈，也无法进步。
Local businesses may object to a longer school year because students are unable to work as long at summer jobs.
地方企业可能会反对较长的学年，因为学生无法在暑期长假岗位上工作。
For many companies, a global team is no longer an option, but an enterprise strategy and a way of doing business.
对于许多公司来说，全球的团队不再是选择，而是企业策略和经营方式。
And then we'd realize that the flirty hostility is just hostility and his inability to open up is no longer exciting, it's just frustrating.
然后我们就会意识到那种打情骂俏变成了真正的敌对，而他从不敞开心扉交流这一点再也不能让人兴奋，只能让人沮丧；
He no longer reacts just to his own hunger, but behaves in the light of what others are doing for its prospective satisfaction.
他不再只对自己的饥饿作出反应，而是根据别人的行动为他预期的满足而行动。
SaaS promotes the "hollowing out" of IT: a firm that needs to migrate to another system will no longer have the required expertise.
SaaS在推广IT的“空心化”：公司有迁移系统的需求却不需要相应的专家。
There may come a time when our reliance on advertising revenues to pay for that journalism is no longer a viable business model.
通过广告收入来支撑这份杂志不再是可行的商业模式，这个时期可能会到来了。
Samsung in Beijing said that it was no longer clear whether the launch would take place and redirected requests for comment to China Unicom.
三星在北京表示，不清楚手机发布仪式是否还会举行，并建议记者联系中国联通，请其置评。
He knew wolves and grizzlies were nearby. And he knew he was no longer at the top of the food chain.
狼群和灰熊就在附近，他深知自己随时有可能被吃掉。
Cao Cao is still a warlord, but he's no longer as treacherous. He starts from scratch and strives to leave his mark on history.
曹操仍是诸侯，但他并非阴险狡诈，而是白手起家，力图名垂青史。
Strategic bombing with "thermonukes" may no longer be a valid military solution.
用核弹作战略轰炸将不再是有效的军事解决办法。
Most of them no longer troubled to go to the different firms to ask for work.
他们中间的大多数人根本不想再到各家公司去要求工作。
It is apparent that the ball spends a longer period of time to the left of line YY than to the right.
显然，滚珠停留在YY线的左边的时间比滚珠停留在YY线的右边的时间更长。
The nature of military technology was such that the balance of power could no longer be thought of as uniform.
军事技术的性质，使得力量均衡不再被认为是一成不变的。
There seems to be no need to wait longer.
似乎没有必要再等了。
If we stayed where we were, our dead would kill us; if we moved out of our defenses, we should no longer be invincible.
我们要是不挪窝儿，那些死人就该要我们的命了；要挪到堡垒外面去，我们就再也不会是百战百胜的。
The mechanism of shock formation apparently changes, too, at these altitudes so that the scaling laws are no longer applicable.
在这个高度下，冲击形成的机制也有很明显的改变，所以递增公式也就不再适用了。
Finally, he could stand it no longer, He stopped, his voice trembling with rage.
他终于按捺不住地停了下来，气得声音发颤。
The ship no longer answers to the helm.
这船已不能随舵转向。
If such is the case, we ought not to lie here a minute longer than is necessary.
要是真的如此，不管怎么样，这里一刻也不能呆了。
