| 词组 | long |
| 释义 | long ◊ used to talk about length You use long when you are talking about the length of something. ...an area up to 3000 feet long and 900 feet wide. How long is that side of the triangle? ◊ talking about distance You use a long way to talk about the distance from one place to another. You say, for example, 'It's a long way from here to Birmingham'. I'm a long way from London. You do not say 'It's long from here to Birmingham' or 'I'm long from London'. In negative sentences, you use far. You say, for example, 'It's not far from here to Birmingham'. They had rented a villa not far from the Hotel Miranda. You also use far in questions. You say, for example, 'How far is it from here to Birmingham?' How far is Amity from here? You do not use long in negative sentences and questions like these. When you are talking about the extent of a journey, you use as far as, not 'as long as'. You say, for example, 'We walked as far as the church'. Vita and Rosamund went with Harold as far as Bologna. ◊ used to talk about time In a negative sentence or a question, you can use long as an adverb to mean 'a long time'. Wilkins hasn't been with us long. Are you staying long? You can also use long to mean 'a long time' after 'too' or in front of 'enough'. He's been here too long. You've been here long enough to know what we're like. However, you do not use long with this meaning in any other kind of positive sentence. Instead you use a long time. We may be here a long time. It may seem a long time to wait. The comparative and superlative forms longer and longest can be used with this meaning in any kind of positive sentence. Uncertainty has persisted longer than expected. Korda's performance will linger longest in the memory. Several other words and expressions can be used to say how long something lasts. For a graded list, see section on duration in entry at ↑ ◊ 'no longer' When something that happened in the past does not happen now, you can say that it no longer happens or that it does not happen any longer. We no longer feed our infants in this way. She could not doubt it any longer. For more information, see section on any longer in entry at ↑ |
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