longed

英 [lɒŋd] 美 [lɔːŋd]

v.  (尤指对看似不会很快发生的事)渴望
long的过去分词和过去式; longe的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

TIME 时间

  1. ADV-GRADED 长时间的；长久的；长期的
    Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time.
    1. Repairs to the cable did not take too long...
      电缆的维修没有花太长的时间。
    2. Have you known her parents long?...
      你认识她父母很长时间了吗？
    3. I learned long ago to avoid these invitations...
      我很早就学会怎样躲开这种邀请了。
    4. The railway had obviously been built long after the house...
      显然，这条铁路是房子建成后很久才造的。
    5. Chess has long been regarded as a measure of intellect.
      国际象棋长久以来被认为是智慧的体现。
    6. ...long-established social traditions.
      确立已久的社会传统
  2. ADJ-GRADED （事件或时期）持续时间长的，花长时间的
    A long event or period of time lasts for a great amount of time or takes a great amount of time.
    1. We had a long meeting with the attorney general...
      我们和检察总长开了一个长会。
    2. She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America...
      她计划去埃及和美国度长假。
    3. They sat looking at each other for a long while...
      他们坐着对视了很长时间。
    4. He must have started writing his book a long time ago.
      他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。
  3. ADV-GRADED （多）长（时间）
    You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time.
    1. How long have you lived around here?...
      你住在这一带有多长时间了？
    2. He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember...
      在朋友的记忆中，他一直都在节食。
    3. She reflected no longer than a second before she decisively slit the envelope.
      她考虑了那么一瞬间就果决地撕开了信封。
    4. Long is also an adjective.
    5. How long is the usual stay in hospital?...
      住院通常要多长时间？
    6. The average commuter journey there is five hours long.
      那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。
    7. Long is also a combining form.
      （亦可用于构词）
    8. She'd just returned from a month-long visit to Egypt.
      她去了埃及一个月，刚刚回来。
  4. ADJ-GRADED 篇幅长的
    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.
    1. He was making quite a long speech...
      他的讲话颇为冗长。
    2. This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.
      这部电影较长，有3小时7分钟。
  5. ADJ-GRADED 超长的；过长的；拖长的
    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.
    1. Go to sleep. I've got a long day tomorrow...
      睡觉吧。我明天还得忙呢。
    2. She was a TV reporter and worked long hours...
      她是个电视台记者，总是工作到很晚。
    3. This has been the longest week of my life.
      这是我一辈子过的最长的一个星期。
  6. （记忆力）强的，好的
    If someone has a long memory, they are able to remember things that happened far back in the past.
    1. ADV 始终；整个地
      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.
      1. We played that record all night long...
        我们整晚都在放那张唱片。
      2. Snow is sometimes found all summer long upon the highest peaks.
        有时候山峰上整个夏天都有积雪。

    DISTANCE AND SIZE 距离和大小

    1. ADJ-GRADED （长度）长的
      Something that is long measures a great distance from one end to the other.
      1. ...a long table...
        长桌
      2. A long line of people formed outside the doctor's office...
        医生的诊所外排了长长的一队人。
      3. Her hair was long and dark...
        她的头发又长又黑。
      4. Her legs were long and thin.
        她两腿细长。
    2. ADJ-GRADED （距离、旅途、路程等）长的
      A long distance is a great distance. A long journey or route covers a great distance.
      1. His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home...
        他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。
      2. The long journey tired him...
        长途旅行使他疲惫不堪。
      3. I went for a long walk.
        我去散了很长一段步。
    3. ADJ （衣服、衣袖或下摆）长的
      A long piece of clothing covers the whole of someone's legs or more of their legs than usual. Clothes with long sleeves cover the whole of someone's arms.
      1. She is wearing a long black dress.
        她身穿一袭黑色长裙。
      2. ...a long-sleeved blouse.
        长袖女式衬衫
    4. ADJ-GRADED （从一端到另一端）（多）长的
      You use long to talk or ask about the distance something measures from one end to the other.
      1. An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long...
        8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸长。
      2. How long is the tunnel?...
        隧道有多长？
      3. In the roots of the olives, you could find centipedes as long as a pencil.
        在橄榄树的根部可以找到像铅笔一样长的蜈蚣。
      4. Long is also a combining form.
        （亦可用于构词）
      5. ...a three-foot-long gash in the tanker's side.
        油轮一侧3英尺长的划口
    5. ADJ-GRADED 似乎比实际距离长的
      If you describe a distance as long, you mean it seems to be greater than it actually is.
      1. It was five long miles to the nearest pub.
        离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。

    PHRASES 短语

    1. PHR-CONJ-SUBORD 只要
      If you say that something is the case as long as or so long as something else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case.
      1. The interior minister said he would still support them, as long as they didn't break the rules...
        内政部长说，只要他们不违规，他仍然会支持他们。
      2. The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.
        只要选举在国际监督下进行，总统就不用下台。
    2. PHRASE 马上就到；很快回来；为时不远
      If you say that someone won't be long, you mean that you think they will arrive or be back soon. If you say that it won't be long before something happens, you mean that you think it will happen soon.
      1. 'What's happened to her?' — 'I'm sure she won't be long.'...
        “她怎么回事？”——“我相信她快到了。”
      2. If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.
        如果电台司令乐队的每首歌都像这首这么棒的话，那它很快便会家喻户晓了。
    3. PHRASE 行将；不久；很快
      If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
      1. German interest rates will come down before long...
        德国的利率水平很快就会降下来。
      2. Before long he took over the editing of the magazine.
        他不久就接手负责杂志的编辑工作。
    4. PHRASE （表示支持和愿望）万岁/永存
      You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time.
      1. Long live freedom!...
        自由万岁！
      2. It is a free world where we are all entitled to our opinions. Long may it remain so.
        这是个自由世界，人人都有权发表自己的意见。我们愿此永恒不变。
    5. PHRASE 不再；已不
      Something that is no longer the case used to be the case but is not the case now. You can also say that something is not the case any longer .
      1. Food shortages are no longer a problem...
        食物短缺不再是个问题。
      2. She could no longer afford to keep him at school...
        她已无法再供他读书。
      3. I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer.
        我注意到他已经不再坐在门边了。
    6. CONVENTION 再见；回见
      You can say so long as an informal way of saying goodbye.
      1. Well, so long, pal, see you around.
        再见了，朋友，咱们回见。
    7. as long as your arm → see: arm

    VERB USES 动词用法

    1. See also: Steve longed for the good old days... I'm longing to meet her... He longed for the winter to be over. longing
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    双语例句

    1. Steve longed for the good old days
      史蒂夫渴望重度昔日的美好时光。
    2. He longed for the winter to be over.
      他企盼冬天早日过去。
    3. She longed to be alone that she might give full vent to her sorrow and despair.
      她渴望独处，以便充分发泄悲痛和失望的心情。
    4. They longed to see their sons.
      他们渴望见到自己的儿子。
    5. He longed to live a varied life.
      他渴望过一种多变化的生活。
    6. I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
      耶和华阿、我切慕你的救恩.你的律法也是我所喜爱的。
    7. I longed to kindle one!
      我多盼望能点燃一护火啊！
    8. He longed to have a child take him home and love him and play with him.
      他多么渴望有一个小孩来带他回家，爱他，和他玩耍。
    9. I never gained what I longed for but dont you dare to think I dont know how to value.
      我没有拥有过，但若然你想我不懂珍惜，你大错特错了。
    10. I longed to be respected, but I never was able to rise.
      我渴望得到尊重，但我再也没能够提高自己的地位。
    11. My real people longed for me.
      我真正的亲人渴望得到我。
    12. I longed to become a football star.
      我渴望成为一个足球明星。
    13. He longed, above everything, to be quite alone with her.
      最重要的是他渴望和她单独和她一起。
    14. He looked out of the window and longed to go with them.
      他向窗外望着，很希望和他们一道去。
    15. He longed to see again the rugged hills and pleasant shores of Ithaca.
      他渴望重新看到伊萨卡的崎岖的小山和优美的海岸。
    16. Don't know how much I longed for that time.
      不知道我渴望了多久。
    17. As the days passed I longed more and more to see him.
      日子在过去，我越来越渴望去见他。
    18. Mum bought me a computer as my birthday present, which was just what I longed for.
      妈妈给我买了台电脑作为生日礼物，这正是我所渴望的。
    19. They became the teachers and friends I had longed for.
      他们成为我渴望的老师和朋友。
    20. Was it perversity, that I longed to talk to him?
      是由于错乱，我渴望和他交谈？
    21. He longed to be home again.
      他渴望再回家中。
    22. Unconsciously he had longed for the days before his marriage.
      不知不觉地他倒怀念起结婚前的日子来了。
    23. How I longed for a confidante while I lived in total fear and loneliness!
      在害怕和孤寂中，我多麽需要一个知心的人啊！
    24. I have longed looking forward to meeting you.
      我一直盼望有机会同你见面。
    25. Have you not always longed for freedom?
      难道你不渴望自由吗？
    26. The change we longed for took place at last.
      我们渴望已久的变化终于发生了。
    27. You made my childhood happy, But still I longed to roam.
      你给了我快乐童年，可我还是去云游四方。
    28. Those are vesperal falling leaves, which I have longed for a whole autumn!
      那是夜晚的落叶啊！渴望了整整一个秋天。
    29. I longed to stretch out my hands and hug it.
      我渴望着伸出手去抱它。
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