long /lɒŋ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADV Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time. 长时间地

  例：

  Repairs to the cable did not take too long.

  维修电缆没花太长时间。

  例：

  Have you known her parents long?

  你认识她的父母很久了吗？

  例：

  I learned long ago to avoid these invitations.

  我很早以前就学会了回避这些邀请。

• 2. 

  PHRASE The expression for long is used to mean "for a great amount of time." 长久

  例：

  "Did you live there?"—"Not for long."

  “你以前住在那里吗？”—“没住多久。”

• 3. 

  ADJ A long event or period of time lasts for a great amount of time or takes a great amount of time. 长时间的

  例：

  We had a long meeting with the attorney general.

  我们和首席检察官开了一个长会。

  例：

  She is planning a long holiday in Europe.

  她正打算去欧洲度一次长假。

• 4. 

  ADV You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time. 长久地

  例：

  How long have you lived around here?

  你在这附近住多久了？

  例：

  He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember.

  从他的朋友能记得时开始，他就一直在节食。

• 5. 

  ADJ Long is also an adjective. 长久的 ['how' ADJ, amount ADJ]

  例：

  So how long is your commute?

  那么你上下班路程要花多长时间？

• 6. 

  ADJ A long speech, book, film, or list contains a lot of information or a lot of items and takes a lot of time to listen to, read, watch, or deal with. (篇幅) 长的

  例：

  He was making quite a long speech.

  他当时正在发表一个相当长的演讲。

• 7. 

  ADJ If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does. 长的 (时间)

  例：

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

  去睡吧。我明天要工作很长时间。

  例：

  She was a TV reporter and worked long hours.

  她曾是个电视记者，长时间工作。

• 8. 

  ADJ If someone has a long memory, they are able to remember things that happened far back in the past. (记性) 好的

  例：

  Mr. Assad, who has a long memory, will not have forgotten that meeting.

  好记性的阿萨德先生不会忘记那次会面的。

• 9. 

  ADV Long is used in expressions such as all year long, the whole day long, and your whole life long to say and emphasize that something happens for the whole of a particular period of time. 整个 (时间段) [n ADV] [强调]

  例：

  We played that CD all night long.

  我们整晚都在播放那张CD。