long-term

adj.

1. 长期的；长远的；长期有效的
   that will last or have an effect over a long period of time
   1. a long-term strategy
      长期的战略
   2. the long-term effects of fertilizers
      肥料的长远影响
   3. a long-term investment
      长线投资
2. 近期不大可能改变的；不大可能很快解决的
   that is not likely to change or be solved quickly
   1. long-term unemployment
      长期失业

1. ADJ-GRADED 长期的；长远的
   Something that is long-term has continued for a long time or will continue for a long time in the future.
   1. A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected...
      一项旨在帮助长期失业者的新的培训计划有望出台。
   2. The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
      该协会相信新技术将可长远地解决信用卡诈骗问题。
2. N-SING 长期；长远
   When you talk about what happens in the long term, you are talking about what happens over a long period of time, either in the future or after a particular event.
   1. In the long term the company hopes to open in Moscow and other major cities...
      公司的长期目标是希望在莫斯科和其他大城市开门营业。
   2. Over the long term, such measures may only make the underlying situation worse.
      长远来看，这些措施可能只会使潜在问题恶化。

1. We need long-term solutions, not short-term Band-Aid ones.
   我们需要长期的解决办法，而不是一时的权宜之计。
2. They are also attempting to keep the car buyer as a long-term customer by offering after-sales service.
   他们也正试图通过提供售后服务来使该汽车采购商成为长期客户。
3. Businesses will have to aim at long-term growth.
   企业必须以长期增长为目标。
4. I never had a long-term relationship as I wasn't good enough, or interesting or amenable enough.
   因为我不够优秀，不够有趣或者不够亲切，所以恋爱关系从来都维持不长。
5. Published in association with the Council for the Protection of Rural England, the book provides refreshing solutions to the long-term problem of water conservation.
   这本书与英格兰乡村保护委员会合作出版，就节约水资源这个长期问题提供了全新的解决方法。
6. The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers.
   公司通过与种植户签订长期合同得到保障。
7. They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.
   他们需提供绝对可靠的担保，才能投资长期项目。
8. Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans
   需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。
9. His two main rivals suffer the disadvantage of having been long-term political exiles
   他的两个主要竞争对手因长期政治流亡而处于不利的地位。
10. It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental expense.
    这暴露了以长久的环境破坏为代价换取短期工业利益的错误。
11. This is something of a grudge match against a long-term enemy.
    这可以说是一场与宿敌你死我活的比赛。
12. If bad posture becomes habitual, you risk long-term effects.
    不良姿势一旦定型，日后可就有你受的了。
13. He's the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
    他是我们队伍的核心，对实现我的长远规划举足轻重。
14. A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected
    一项旨在帮助长期失业者的新的培训计划有望出台。
15. The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
    该协会相信新技术将可长远地解决信用卡诈骗问题。
16. Massage isn't a long-term cure for stress.
    按摩对缓解压力并非长期有效。
17. If a woman gives up her job to look after her baby, she will risk losing her salary in the medium-term and may seriously damage her long-term career prospects.
    如果一个女人放弃工作去照看宝宝，她不但将面临在中期内领不到薪水的危险，而且有可能严重影响她事业的长期发展。
18. In cases where it proves difficult to place a child, the reception centre provides long-term care.
    遇到难以安置的孩子，收容中心会提供长期的照顾。
19. The long-term future of the country rests on how we teach our children.
    国家的长远未来取决于我们如何教育孩子。
20. The company is only just starting to reap the rewards of long-term investments
    这家公司才刚刚开始收获长期投资的回报。
21. She was at rock bottom. Her long-term love affair was breaking up and so was she.
    她整个人跌至了谷底。她漫长的爱情要告结束了，她也要崩溃了。
22. It's important for the long-term success of any diet that you vary your meals.
    如果想要成功做到长期节食，很重要的一点是要膳食多样化。
23. Long-term stock market investments have produced superior returns compared with cash deposits.
    股票市场长期投资的收益比现金存款要高。
24. The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
    建立一套高效稳定的交通体系对伦敦的长远发展意义重大。
25. Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
    公司应获许以较低的工资给长期失业的人提供岗位。
26. An efficient transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
    高效的公共交通系统对伦敦长远的未来至关重要。
27. Welfare has become identified with the long-term poor, the underclass.
    福利已经与长期贫困的下层社会联系在了一起。
28. A man who for months had been dropping amorous hints about a long-term relationship upped and disappeared to America
    几个月来不断暗示爱意、想发展长期恋爱关系的男人却突然远走美国。
29. It isn't a long-term policy.
    这不是长久之计。

adj

1. relating to or extending over a relatively long time
   1. the long-run significance of the elections
   2. the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war
   3. a long-term investment

   Synonym:    long-runsemipermanent