long
- n. 长时间；[语] 长音节；（服装的）长尺寸；长裤
- adj. 长的；过长的；做多头的；长时间的；冗长的，长音
- vi. 渴望；热望
- adv. 长期地；始终
- n. （英、法、德、瑞典）朗（人名）；（柬）隆（人名）
词组搭配
as (或 so) long as
during the whole time that
一直，整个时间里
they have been there as long as anyone can remember.
大家都记得他们一直在那里。
provided that
只要
as long as you fed him, he would be cooperative.
只要你喂他，他就会跟你合作。
be long
take a long time to happen or arrive
很长时间才能发生（或到达）
it won't be long before you're hooked.
想要钓你上钩不用太久。
sit down, tea won't be long.
请坐，茶马上就到。
in the long run
over or after a long period of time; eventually
长期地，长远来看；最后
it saves money in the long run.
这长期看来是省钱的。
long time no see
(informal)it's a long time since we last met (used as a greeting)
(非正式)（问候语）好久不见
not by a long shot
by no means
决不（可能）
we're not there yet, not by a long shot.
我们还没去那里，绝不可能去。
so long
(S. African)in the meanwhile
(南非)在此期间，与此同时
take the long view
think beyond the current situation; plan for the future
从长远考虑；做长远打算
any longer
For more time
用更多的时间
can't wait any longer.
不能再等了
as long as 或 so long as
During the time that
在…的时间之内
I'll stay as long as I can.
我能呆多久就呆多久
Inasmuch as; since
既然；因为
As long as you're up, get me a drink.
既然你已经起来了，给我弄点喝的
Under the condition that; provided that
以…为条件；只要
“So long as we don't understand it too well, every other language is poetry”(&b{Anatole Broyard})
“只要我们对别的语音还不太了解，它们就都是诗”(&b{阿纳托尔·布鲁瓦亚尔})
before long
Soon.
很快
long ago
At a time or during a period well before the present
以前：在现在以前的一个时间或一段时间
I read that book long ago.
我很久以前读过那本书
A time well before the present
很久以前：很久以前的一个时间
heroes of long ago.
古代英雄
long in the tooth
Growing old.
变老
no longer
Not now as formerly
不再：现在与以前不同
He no longer smokes.
他不再吸烟了
not long for
Unlikely to remain for much more time in
不大可能在…中存在很久
not long for this world.
将不久于人世