| 单词 | 很长 |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔(as) long as your arm〕There was a list of complaints as long as your arm.投诉足可以列一个很长的单子。剑桥高阶〔BITE〕The woodpecker's long beak is specially designed for pecking. 啄木鸟有很长的喙，专门用来啄食。朗文写作活用〔CONTACT〕I hate dealing with the bank over the phone. It takes ages to get through to the right person. 我讨厌在电话上同银行打交道，找对人要花很长时间。朗文写作活用〔ENOUGH/NOT ENOUGH〕Officials were worried that supplies would be insufficient for the long winter that was being predicted. 这个冬天预计很长，官员们担心供应物资不够维持。朗文写作活用〔FUTURE〕Nuclear power stations will still be needed for a long time to come. 在未来很长一段时间内，人们仍将需要核电站。朗文写作活用〔GET〕It took him a long time to acquire the skills he needed to become a professional artist. 他花了很长时间才学到了职业画家所需的技能。朗文写作活用〔KNOW/NOT KNOW〕Tony had spent a lot of time in Tokyo and knew the place like the back of his hand. 托尼在东京待过很长时间，对那里非常熟悉。朗文写作活用〔LAST〕It's the worst cold I've ever had, but luckily it didn't last very long. 那是我最厉害的一次感冒，幸好持续的时间不是很长。朗文写作活用〔LONG〕I spent ages in town trying to find something to wear for the wedding. 我在镇上逛了很长时间，想买在婚礼上穿的衣服。朗文写作活用〔LONG〕It's a big file, so it'll take a long time to print out. 这个文档很大，打印要花很长时间。朗文写作活用〔LONG〕Our visit took a long time, and we returned home late for lunch. 我们参观了很长时间，很晚才回到家里吃午饭。朗文写作活用〔LONG〕The long-running musical "Jesus Christ Superstar' is to close after more than 3,000 performances. 上演了很长时间的音乐剧《万世巨星》在表演了三千多场后即将落幕。朗文写作活用〔PERFECT〕There was a long church service, but the kids managed to behave impeccably. 教堂里的礼拜仪式时间很长，但孩子们努力表现得很乖。朗文写作活用〔REMOVE〕The spare wheel was right at the back of the boot under a load of suitcases, so it took me ages to get it out. 备用轮胎放在车后面行李箱内的一大堆皮箱底下，所以我花了很长时间才把它取出来。朗文写作活用〔THERE/NOT THERE〕While the boss was absent everyone started taking very long lunchbreaks. 老板不在时，大家都把午休时间拖得很长。朗文写作活用〔TIDY〕It'll take ages to clear this up. 把这里打扫干净得花上很长时间。朗文写作活用〔TIME〕It takes me a long time to really trust people. 我需要很长时间才能真正信任别人。朗文写作活用〔TIME〕It's very well built and should last a very long time. 它建得很好，应该可以用很长时间。朗文写作活用〔VERY〕We've been working on this deal for a very, very long time. 我们花了很长很长时间做这笔生意。朗文写作活用〔WEAK〕When you have flu, you feel tired and weak for a long time. 感冒的时候，很长一段时间都觉得疲倦和虚弱。朗文写作活用〔absorb〕It took a long time for the armed forces to absorb new equipment.武装部队花了很长时间去掌握新装备。英汉大词典〔age〕It took an age for us all to get on the boat.我们花了很长时间才全部上了船。牛津搭配〔all fours〕Since apes walk on all fours, they have long, extremely burly arms.猿行走时四肢并用, 因此前肢很长, 并且极其结实。外研社新世纪〔beginning〕The company has come a long way since its humble beginnings 70 years ago.这家公司从70年前不起眼的起步到现在已经走过了很长的一段路。麦克米伦高阶〔bleed〕Doctors regularly bled their patients until well into the 19th century.进入19世纪后很长时间, 医生还经常给病人放血。外研社新世纪〔condition〕In his weakened condition, it took a long time for the wound to heal.他身体虚弱，伤口过了很长时间才愈合。牛津搭配〔cover〕They walked for a long time and covered a good deal of ground.他们步行了很长时间，走遍一大段路。牛津高阶〔drive〕We've got a long drive tomorrow.我们明天要开很长时间的车。外研社新世纪〔endure〕Life on earth will endure for a long time yet.地球上的生物能生存一段很长的时期。牛津同义词〔eternity〕Nine months is a long time for anyone, but it's an eternity for the very young.对任何人来说，9个月都是很长的一段时间，而对于小孩子来说，简直就是遥遥无期。剑桥高阶〔far piece〕A long distance.一段很长的距离美国传统〔far〕I've spent a lot of time walking around Britain from the far north of Scotland down to Cornwall.我花了很长时间在英国徒步漫游，从苏格兰的最北端一直走到康沃尔。柯林斯高阶〔get over〕It took her a long time to get over the operation.她过了很长时间才从手术中康复。外研社新世纪〔get over〕It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death.得知她去世的消息我惊愕不已，很长时间才缓过劲来。柯林斯高阶〔go back〕We go back a long way.我们已经相识很长时间了。外研社新世纪〔goodbye〕He said his goodbyes knowing that a long time would pass before he would see his child again.他道了别, 知道自己得过很长时间才能再见到孩子。外研社新世纪〔his〕He spent a large part of his career in Hollywood.他的职业生涯中有很长一段时间是在好莱坞度过的。柯林斯高阶〔hold ... out〕Their salaries were held out for a long time.他们的工资被扣发了很长时间。21世纪英汉〔keep〕Homemade muesli keeps for ages.自制的穆兹利谷物早餐能够保存很长时间。外研社新世纪〔labour〕The baby was born after a long labour.这个婴儿经过很长时间的分娩才出生。牛津搭配〔lapse〕New products are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.新产品只有在经过很长一段时间之后才会转运到发展中国家。外研社新世纪〔log〕A usually large section of a trunk or limb of a fallen or felled tree.木材：倒下的或锯倒的树干或树枝的一段，通常很长美国传统〔long-drawn-out〕The official enquiry was a long-drawn-out process.官方的调查过程拖得很长。朗文当代〔long-lasting〕The impact of divorce on children can be long-lasting.离婚对于孩子的影响会持续很长时间。朗文当代〔long-lived〕The flowers may only last a day but the plants are long-lived.这些花也许只开一天, 但植物本身却很长寿。外研社新世纪〔long-lived〕The redwood is a long-lived tree.红杉是一种寿命很长的树。韦氏高阶〔longish〕She's tall, with longish black hair.她高个子，留一头很长的黑发。麦克米伦高阶〔long〕I'm sorry I haven't written to you for so long.真抱歉，我很长时间未给你写信了。牛津高阶〔long〕Many people face a long wait for surgery.许多人要等很长时间才能动手术。麦克米伦高阶〔long〕The railway had obviously been built long after the house.显然, 铁路比这座房子晚很长时间才建成。外研社新世纪〔long〕There will be a long wait until the next bus.等下一辆公共汽车到来要很长时间。英汉大词典〔long〕Will it take long? 它要花很长的时间吗?文馨英汉〔mile〕We still have miles to go.我们仍有很长的路要走。韦氏高阶〔month〕It would take us a month of Sundays to clean out the barn.把牲口棚清理干净要花费我们很长时间。麦克米伦高阶〔mouldy〕Oranges can be kept for a long time without going mouldy.橙子可以存放很长时间而不发霉。外研社新世纪〔movement〕For a long time after the accident, he had no movement in (= was unable to move) his legs.出事以后的很长时间里，他的腿都不能动。剑桥高阶〔nonetheless〕There was still a long way to go. Nonetheless, some progress had been made.还有很长的路要走, 不过已经取得了一些进展。外研社新世纪〔now〕They've been going out together for a long time now.他们至今已交往很长时间了。朗文当代〔now〕We've lived here for a long time now. = We've lived here for some time now.我们已经在这儿住了很长时间了。韦氏高阶〔occasion〕Inverness, however, rose to the occasion in the second half, producing some of the best football they have played for some time.然而，因弗内斯队在下半场经受住了考验，踢出了很长一段时间以来的最佳水平。柯林斯高阶〔occasion〕She had a long career break occasioned by her husband's job being moved to Paris.他丈夫转到巴黎去工作，因此她的职业生涯中断了很长一段时间。朗文当代〔oval〕The leaves are long and almost oval.这些叶子很长，接近椭圆形。牛津搭配〔preliminary〕He spent a long time on polite preliminaries.他开始时讲了很长时间的客套话。英汉大词典〔probably〕It's probably the most important match either team has faced for a long time.这可能是很长时间以来两支队伍所面临的最重要的比赛。麦克米伦高阶〔prolegomenon〕A preliminary discussion, especially a formal essay introducing a work of considerable length or complexity.引言，绪论：正文前的讨论，尤指用正式的文章介绍很长或很复杂的著作美国传统〔scratch〕There was a big scratch on the car door.汽车车门上有一条很长的划痕。朗文当代〔selection〕Her selection of a hat took a long time.她挑选一顶帽子花了很长时间。英汉大词典〔serious〕We did some serious hiking last weekend.上周末我们进行了很长的徒步旅行。麦克米伦高阶〔slog〕It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.要艰苦工作很长一段时间，一切才能恢复正常。韦氏高阶〔through〕When you have been through a terrible experience like that, it takes a long time to recover.经历过那样的可怕事情之后，要花很长时间才能恢复过来。朗文当代〔time〕For a long time I didn't tell anyone.很长时间我都没告诉任何人。外研社新世纪〔transaction〕Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.外币兑换柜台的每笔交易似乎都要花很长时间。剑桥高阶〔trim〕It's a long time for him to get into trim.他花了很长时间才穿着就绪。英汉大词典〔troublesome〕Her hip has been troublesome for quite a while, and she'll probably need surgery on it.她的髋部有很长一段时间都不舒服，可能需要动手术。剑桥高阶〔tumble〕At last, she tumbled to the fact that he had been deceiving her for a long time.她终于明白他已经欺骗她很长时间了。21世纪英汉〔uphill〕He had been running uphill a long way.他已经跑了一段很长的上坡路。柯林斯高阶〔wait〕She had to wait a long time for the right man to come along.她等了很长时间意中人才出现。牛津搭配〔wait〕We had a long wait for the bus.我们等公共汽车等了很长时间。牛津高阶〔walk〕It is a long walk to school from here.从这儿到学校要走一段很长的路。英汉大词典〔work〕We went for a long walk to work up an appetite.我们散了很长时间的步来激起食欲。麦克米伦高阶〔wrestle with〕After wrestling with myself for a long time,I decided to leave this city.经过很长时间思考，我决定离开这座城市。21世纪英汉〔write〕Chris hasn't written me for a long time.克里斯很长时间没给我写信了。朗文当代〔years〕We lived there for years.我们在那里住了很长时间。外研社新世纪After our long game of tennis, we slaked our thirst with a beer.在打了很长时间的网球后，我们用啤酒解渴。剑桥国际Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she eventually died.虽然她病了很长时间，最后她死时，仍令人震惊。剑桥国际Farm workers often have to work very long days.农场工人常常不得不每天工作很长时间。剑桥国际He spent ages explaining the whys and wherefores of the decision.他用了很长时间来解释这一决定的原因和理由。剑桥国际It must take ages to lace boots with so many holes.靴子这么多眼，穿鞋带一定要很长时间。剑桥国际It took a long time for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to gain acceptance.查理·达尔文的进化论经过了很长的时间才被人们所接受。剑桥国际It took a long time for him to recover from a bad cold. 他患重感冒，很长时间才康复。译典通It was a long time since my last visit to Berlin, and it had changed dramatically in the intervening period/years.自我上次访问柏林已过了很长的时间，在这期间/这些年里，柏林发生了显著的变化。剑桥国际It's a large bird, unable to take off from ground level, but a good flier, covering long distances.那是一只大鸟，无法从地面上起飞，但是擅长飞行，能飞很长的距离。剑桥国际It's a long story, but you can see the punch line coming a mile off.这是个很长的故事，可是你可以在一英里外看到奥妙所在。剑桥国际Mira's going to be very weak for a long time after the operation, so she'll need a lot of care.手术后，米拉将有很长一段时间会十分虚弱，她需要很多的照顾。剑桥国际She had a small bust and long legs.她胸部小,腿很长。剑桥国际She has long been an adherent (=supporter) of the Communist Party.她是共产党的拥护者已经很长时间了。剑桥国际She was on tranquillizers for a long time after her son died.她的儿子死后，很长一段时间内她一直依赖镇静剂。剑桥国际She won't be back for a long time yet.她在将来的很长一段时间内是不会回来的。剑桥国际We've come a long way, but there's still a fair way (= quite a long distance) to go.我们已经走了很久，但还有很长的路要走。剑桥国际You'd better be sure you've got the sales figures right, otherwise you'll be eating humble pie for a long time.你最好确定没把销售数字弄错，否则很长一段时间内你得低头认罪。剑桥国际 |
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