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基本釋義

adv.
長時(shí)間地; 很久地; (多)長(時(shí)間); 始終
adj.
長的; 長期的; 長音的
v.
渴望

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Repairs to the cable did not take too long...

電纜的維修沒有花太長的時(shí)間。

Have you known her parents long?...

你認(rèn)識(shí)她父母很長時(shí)間了嗎?

We had a long meeting with the attorney general...

我們和檢察總長開了一個(gè)長會(huì)。

She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America...

她計(jì)劃去埃及和美國度長假。

How long have you lived around here?...

你住在這一帶有多長時(shí)間了?

He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember...

在朋友的記憶中,他一直都在節(jié)食。

He was making quite a long speech...

他的講話頗為冗長。

This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.

這部電影較長,有3小時(shí)7分鐘。

Go to sleep. I've got a long day tomorrow...

睡覺吧。我明天還得忙呢。

She was a TV reporter and worked long hours...

她是個(gè)電視臺(tái)記者,總是工作到很晚。

We played that record all night long...

我們整晚都在放那張唱片。

Snow is sometimes found all summer long upon the highest peaks.

有時(shí)候山峰上整個(gè)夏天都有積雪。

...a long table...

長桌

A long line of people formed outside the doctor's office...

醫(yī)生的診所外排了長長的一隊(duì)人。

His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home...

他的目的地是喬伯姆公地,那里和他在科茨沃爾德的家離得很遠(yuǎn)。

The long journey tired him...

長途旅行使他疲憊不堪。

She is wearing a long black dress.

她身穿一襲黑色長裙。

...a long-sleeved blouse.

長袖女式襯衫

An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long...

8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸長。

How long is the tunnel?...

隧道有多長?

It was five long miles to the nearest pub.

離最近的酒吧有長長的5英里的路程。

The interior minister said he would still support them, as long as they didn't break the rules...

內(nèi)政部長說,只要他們不違規(guī),他仍然會(huì)支持他們。

The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.

只要選舉在國際監(jiān)督下進(jìn)行,總統(tǒng)就不用下臺(tái)。

'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?!?/p>

If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.

如果電臺(tái)司令樂隊(duì)的每首歌都像這首這么棒的話,那它很快便會(huì)家喻戶曉了。

German interest rates will come down before long...

德國的利率水平很快就會(huì)降下來。

Before long he took over the editing of the magazine.

他不久就接手負(fù)責(zé)雜志的編輯工作。

Long live freedom!...

自由萬歲!

It is a free world where we are all entitled to our opinions. Long may it remain so.

這是個(gè)自由世界,人人都有權(quán)發(fā)表自己的意見。我們?cè)复擞篮悴蛔儭?/p>

Food shortages are no longer a problem...

食物短缺不再是個(gè)問題。

真題例句

When it's time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what's no longer serving their purpose.

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There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world, says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

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She then realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.

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People are healthy and energetic longer.

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It is no longer fashionable.

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It is more important to those with a longer lifespan.

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It didn't take long for magazines and documentary film-makers to come to understand her total recall, and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects have since come forward and contacted the team at the University of California, Irvine.

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A longer lifespan is changing the narrative structure of life itself.

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Mules have strong muscles like horses; but they eat less, can work longer, and are gentler, like donkeys.

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And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too.

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to see whether people's personality affects their life span to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeto examine all the factors contributing to longevity They have a good understanding of evolution.

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Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they had lived there also proved significant.

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When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment few parents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything made clear.

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When it is no longer considered a luxury.

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The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic than other people.

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The important thing is for all of us to keep in mind the real goal and the longer, bigger picture.

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The book is co-authored by Long Island University's philosophy professor Michael Soupios and economics professor Panos Mourdoukoutas.

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States fail when national governments can no longer provide personal security, food security and basic social services such as education and health care.

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Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

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Pre-K achievements usually do not last long.

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Mothers' influence on children may last longer than fathers'.

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Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span.

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It seems to me this highlights quality issues in elementary schools more than pre-K, and indicates longer-term success must connect pre-K with all the other issues related to educating a child.

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Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer.

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In response to those restrictions, grain-importing countries are trying to nail down long-term trade agreements that would lock up future grain supplies.

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I can no longer ignore that risk.

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For many in the development community, the four objectives were seen as positive, promoting development as long as they did not cost too much.

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Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.

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But what effect does your personality have on your longevity ? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.

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But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.

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But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.

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Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.

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After a point, countries can become so dangerous that food relief workers are no longer safe and their programs are halted.

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A resident's satisfaction with a care facility has much to do with whether they had participated in the decision to move in and how long they had stayed there.

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Long queues, delayed flights and over - crowding at airports have??become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.

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They were no longer considered necessities of life.

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Companies, marketers and teachers have long looked for fun ways to engage people's reward-seeking or competitive spirits.

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A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.

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This means that rivers will rise more slowly, but then stay high for much longer, the environmental agency said.

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No longer does a good craftsman have to work in a job he dislikes all day and then try to create at night.

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This can result in severe penalties that continue long after punishment is completed.

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They sleep longer than people elsewhere.

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Some of them have long been outdated.

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Similarly, Americans' late nights, late mornings, and longest sleeps fall on three-day weekends.

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It may not be here much longer.

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Steve, can you tell me how long you’ve been a pub owner?To help ourselves and others, it’s important to know something about drugs.

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"I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity,"said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Chri

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"There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

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According to a German professor, the soreness comes from straining your muscles in an uncommon way, for example, jumping on a bicycle for a ride, because you haven't ridden in a long time.

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But there's still a long way to go.

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given that sustained social contacts have been shown to support health and a long life, those wishing to maximize the health value of crafts might consider joining a group of like-minded folks.

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Governor's Island is a national historic landmark district long used for military purposes.

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However, its new 10-year plan makes clear it believes it still has a long way to go.

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I haven't been abroad for a long while.

2017年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

If I call them, I'll have to have a long conversation.

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In the center of the main road, there's a long line of flags of the world.

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It didn't take long for magazines and documentary filmmakers to come to understand her "total recall", and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects including Veise have since come forward and contacted the team at the University

2017年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Long before television cooking shows, Careme walked readers through common kitchen tasks, instructing them to "try this for yourself, at home" as famous American Chef Julia Child might do, many years later.

2018年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Long queues, delayed flights and over - crowding at airports have become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.

2016年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.

2016年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban nuisance but they are just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have abilities to help humans.

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Rebuilding can take a long time, and even then, impressions of the disaster may still remain.

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

2016年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south.

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Steve, can you tell me how long you've been a pub owner?

2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section B

The aircraft is massive as long as a football field and as tall as 6 double decker buses and capable of flying for up to 5 days.

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The animal made it to the roof of the building, after it took a long break on a 17th floor window edge.

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The long lost message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he was vacationing.

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The-doctors response to the question of whether or not dogs can fall in love like humans do was a straight "Of course!" He went on to say that if love is defined as a long term commitment meaning dogs seek one another out when they're apart, they're happy

2019年12月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

There's no question people can take things a long way toward reversing diabetes, reversing high blood pressure, even preventing cancer by food choices.

2018年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

These companies, which long reaped big profits as textbook publishers, have boasted that their new online offerings, when pushed to students through universities they partner with, represent the future of the industry.

2018年6月四級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Unlike any of these typical responses, I'm proud to say that I love to dance salsa after a long and tiring day of work.

2019年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

We found that the number of bacteria transferred to either kind of food didn't depend much on how long the food was in contact with the contaminated surface——whether for a few seconds or for a whole minute.

2018年12月四級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Unless renewables become cheap enough that substantial carbon deposits are left underground for a very long time, if not forever, the planet will likely be exposed to potentially catastrophic climate risks.

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These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale oil, point to a low for long scenario.

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The German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

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Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.

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Oil prices are expected to remain lower for longer.

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Natural gas and coal—also fossil fuels—have similarly seen price declines that look to be long-lived.

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Most American parents say they are not concerned about their children's grades as long as they work hard.

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Landfill sites on the Iberian Peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara Desert to the western Sahel.

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In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand , the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

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Higher fossil fuel prices prove to be conducive to innovation and application of cleaner technologyIf fossil fuel prices remain low for a long time, it may lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases.

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Fossil fuel prices are likely to stay low for long.

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Early childhood experiences can be very consequential for children's long-term social, emotional and cognitive development, said Sean Reardon, professor of poverty and inequality in education at Stanford University.

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And we don't know about the long-term consequences.

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There were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintain itself, let alone an industry.

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The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

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Sustainable management of ecosystems will prove rewarding in the long run.

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Of course, such growth may not persist in the long term—which is what Mr.

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So, how long have you been a Market Research Consultant? Hello.

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With competition from many countries, Antarctica is no longer dominated by the traditional white nations.

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To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

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The ubiquitous battery has already come a long way, of course.

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The research stations on King George lsland offer a glimpse into the long game on this ice-blanketed continent as nations assert themselves, eroding the sway long held by countries like the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

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The conditions creating the stress are long hours, unrealistic demands and deadlines, and work-life conflict.

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So why has it taken so long? The Department of Health declared its intention to consider the move in November 2010 and consulted through 2012.

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Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

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Scholars warn that Antarctica's political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent's treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.

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It usually takes a long time for them to find a decent job.

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Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

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Companies that have long focused on hardware now have to think of ecosystems instead to give consumers practical solutions to their everyday problems.

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Antarctica's mineral, oil and gas wealth are a longer-term prize.

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Americans are working longer and harder hours than ever before.

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When the molten rock of the earth’s core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinkingand cracking into long columns.

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Sadly the pleasure that comes from extravagances often disappears long before the bills do.

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Unfortunately for them , our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia , and they have a lot of momentum once they are set in motion.

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They have to operate for long periods of time before the costs of development have been recovered.

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The current situation in American higher education may not last long.

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Saying they can no longer ignore the rising prices of health care, some of the most influential medical groups in the nation are recommending that doctors weigh the costs, not just the effectiveness of treatments, as they make decisions about patient care.

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On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

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Not any longer.

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It will take a long time to change the current trend in higher education.

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In their evolution, humans have learned to pay attention to the most urgent issues instead of long-term concerns.

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It notes that, in recent years, experts have come to the conclusion that undernourishment between conception and a child’s second birthday can have serious and long-lasting impacts.

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As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

As long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

But if the confrontation has crystallized in this latest battle, it may already be heading toward a predictable conclusion: In the long run, the tech companies are destined to emerge victorious.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

But the other team members were working as hard and long as he was.

2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing so when you'v apparently matured is not a great sign of brilliance.

2017年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

Companies that have long focused on hardware now have to think of ecosystems instead to give consumers practical solutions to their everyday problems.

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Farmers have a long history of invention and is no different today.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section B

Health and environmental advocates have long urged U.S.government agencies to tighten the use of some of the 11 chemicals the report cites and called for more studies on their long-term effects.

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How long will the alterations take?

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

I told myself that all experiences make you a better journalist in the long run and luckily, I was right.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

In other words, even if the FBI wins this case, in the long run, it loses.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea, coffee, and chocolate.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

It might seem surprising to think about an item staying in space for that long, but the oldest satellite still in orbit—Vanguard 1—turned 60 in 2018.

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Let's face it, it wasn't too long ago that the idea of working from anywhere and at anytime was some form of a distant utopian dream,and yet now we can perform almost any office-based task from any location in the world as long as we have access to the in

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Longevity statistics reveal that the average person doesn't last very long after retirement.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

Maintaining relationships over the long term takes effort.

2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Many American people have seen Amish families with the men wearing broad-brimmed black hats and the women in long dresses, in railway or bus terminals.

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

Nearly 700 miles long, the earthquake zone is located by the North American Plate off the coast of Pacific British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

Not so long ago, people would have turned up their noses at that kind of dedication to the job.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Plagued by long delays, perpetual mismanagement, and ever saw ring costs, the airport has become something of a joke among Germans and a source of frustration for local politicians, business leaders and residents alike.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Scientists and engineers have long believed in the promise of batteries to change the world.

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Second, they rely on a system that has long been marked by a poor relation between national health and social care services.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

She says she is able to take Zumba exercise classes three times a week, work out on the treadmill(跑步機(jī)), and take long, brisk walks.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

So why has it taken so long?

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

So, how long have you been a Market Research Consultant?

2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

The aim was to enable older people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, but this increased concern about the lack of coordination between free health and paid-for social car.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

The carbon that we've put into the atmosphere keeps having a warming effect for 100 years, so we have to cut back rapidly now, because it would take a long time to work its way through into a response by the atmosphere.

2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

The care was substantially provided by voluntary services, which worked together with local authorities as they long had with eligibility based on income.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

The extreme isolation of these massive farms leaves them often unattended, and monitored only once or twice a year, which means if the livestock falls ill or requires assistance, it can be a long time for farmers to discover.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

The German traveler Johann winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

2017年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

The good news is that a bill just approved by the House and a bill approved by the Senate finance Committee would implement or test many reforms that should help slow the rise in medical costs over the long term.

2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

The problem is "decision fatigue, '' a psychological phenomenon that takes a toll on the quality of your choices after a long day of decision making, says Evan Polman, a leading psychologist.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

The ubiquitous battery has already come a long way, of course.

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

These likely persistent forces, like the growth of shale oil, point to a "low for long" scenario.

2017年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

They cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station.

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time.

2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

Typical users of online supermarkets include the elderly, people who work long hours and those without their own transport.

2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

Unfortunately for them and often the taxpayers, our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier : they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia meaning it takes a lot of energy to se

2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like Earth.

2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

We also get to live a long healthy life by staying in service.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

We should assure such students that risk, and even peer pressure, can be a good thing—as long as it happens in the classroom and not in the car.

2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

When the molten rock of the earth's core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section B

A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night's sleep.

2016年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week's events.

2015年高考英語福建卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

According to a review of evidence in a medical journal, runners live three years longer than non-runners.

2018年高考英語全國卷I 語法填空 原文

According to London underground, only 40 percent of travelers walk the full length of long escalators, leaving the majority at the bottom as they wait to get on to the "standing "side.

2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

After a long silence, he said yes.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(10月) 完形填空 原文

Again, not a move, the next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures, so long as she had a slice to eat, she never bothered the one on her head.

2015年高考英語四川卷 完形填空 原文

Also, don't wear loose clothes, long scarves, big necklaces, or loose belts — they get caught in something or fall into liquid.

2017年高考英語全國卷2 聽力 原文

And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.

2016年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths.

2019年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

As a result it's likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness strong economic growth over the longer term.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文

As long as one doesn't come to rely on it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.

2016年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

As the smallest child of his family, Alex is always longing for the time when he should be able to be independent.

2015年高考英語陜西卷 單項(xiàng)填空 原文

At last - she never knew how long it had taken her - she felt solid ground under her feet.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(10月) 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

At long last, in a comfortable home, with a generous pension, he should learn to take things easy.

2015年高考英語天津卷 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

Before long, the cat began to look ragged (蓬亂).

2017年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Behaving in this selfless and devoted manner, these little creatures have survived on earth, for more than 140 million years, far longer than dinosaurs.

2015年高考英語安徽卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries.

2016年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

British attitudes towards accent have a long tradition.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 題設(shè)

But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.

2018年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

But it can quickly rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting "reply all" to join in a long and unpleasant conversation.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time.

2018年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

But station residents have to be careful about staying in one place too long.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

By that time, the panda no longer needed its mother for food.

2016年高考英語四川卷 語法填空 原文

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo.

2016年高考英語全國卷3 語法填空 原文

Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(10月) 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

David Brooks, author of the Social Animal: the Hidden Sources of Love,Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

Documentary: a visual presentationsuch as a video,slide show,or computer projectno more than 10 minutes long.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

During the first week, do not think about distance, but run five minutes longer each day.

2015年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Each interview that you get on the street shouldn't be longer than ten minutes.

2017年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles about 515 kilometers long was seen near cincinnati.

2014年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Even though we can't live forever, we are living a longer life than ever before.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 完形填空 原文

Everyone enjoys the life-saving benefits vaccines provide, but they'll exist only as long as everyone shares in the risks.

2017年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.

2014年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Food webs may be dominated by many weak links because that arrangement is more stable over the long term.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Football season started in september and all summer long I worked out.

2016年高考英語全國卷3 完形填空 原文

For a long time Gabriel didn't want to be involved in music at all.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 完形填空 原文

For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction.

2015年高考英語重慶卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

For western designers, China and its rich culture have long been an inspiration for western creativity.

2019年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

He cannot stay away from his job too long.

2016年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

Her sprinting career would not last long.

2016年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 選項(xiàng)

He's my biggest fan, and when you have that in your life you can go a long way.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

History is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Holborn has one of the longest sets of escalators on the underground network at 23.

2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

How long did James run his business?

2019年高考英語浙江卷 聽力 題設(shè)

How long did Michael stay in China?

2015年高考英語全國卷1 聽力 題設(shè)

How long did the adventure last?

2015年高考英語上海卷 聽力 原文

How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to holker from manchester?

2018年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀A 題設(shè)

How long have you had this problem?

2015年高考英語陜西卷 單項(xiàng)選擇 情景對(duì)話 選項(xiàng)

How long is the woman going to stay at the hotel?

2015年高考英語湖北卷 聽力 題設(shè)

How long will Dorothy stay in Europe?

2016年高考英語全國卷2 聽力 題設(shè)

How long will we stay at the cam?

2016年高考英語上海卷 聽力 原文

How long will you be staying there?

2017年高考英語全國卷1 聽力 原文

However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live—if he or she is extremely healthy and lucky.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 完形填空 原文

However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long.

2016年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make.

2018年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

I carefully extended a long carrot, with a keen eye on those teeth, and before long, there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching on carrots.

2015年高考英語四川卷 完形填空 原文

I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest.

2018年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

I had been a dancer for quite a long time.

2018年高考英語全國卷2 聽力 原文

I have thought long and hard about it and it's true.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

If a student gets hungry on the long drives to and from school, Wilson never hesitates to buy them a meal.

2019年高考英語北京卷 完形填空 原文

If it were not stopped, that long train, full of passengers, would fall into the stream.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(10月) 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

In Zurich, the blowing up of the Boogg symbolizes the coming of a longer summer.

2015年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 選項(xiàng)

It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse.

2016年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

It had been known for a long time that Yellowstone was volcanic in nature — that's what accounted for all its hot springs and other steamy features.

2019年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

It took him a long time to acquire the skills he needed to become a good dancer.

2018年高考英語天津卷 單項(xiàng)填空 原文

It was in this lake that they found the long lost sword of the Ming Dynasty.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 句子填空 原文

It'll go a long way with them.

2015年高考英語全國卷1 完形填空 原文

It's been her dream for a long time.

2019年高考英語全國卷I 聽力 原文

I've been looking forward to this training program for a long time.

2016年高考英語全國卷2 聽力 原文

Keep in mind that in a fifteen-minute office hour which is how long these things usually last, two or three questions are usually the most you'll have time to discuss.

2015年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 主旨概括 原文

Long before most of us even noticed what we now call "the environment," Buckminster Fuller said, "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting."

2017年高考英語浙江卷(11月) 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Long-ago builders could have attached wooden poles to the stones and rolled them across the sand, the scientists say.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Mothers' importance shows in family all year long.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項(xiàng)

My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack alone.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(6月) 完形填空 原文

Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.

2016年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only thing he could — he huddled in his cave and slept.

2015年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Not so long ago, most people didn't know who Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was going to become.

2016年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Now that the chances of dying young are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 完形填空 原文

On a summer evening in beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit.

2016年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

On the last day of our week-long stay, we were invited to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the north shore under the stars, listening to musicians and meeting interesting locals.

2019年高考英語全國卷3 語法填空 原文

One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women.

2016年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of brutus in the death of julius caesar.

2015年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

One of the nasa's major concerns about astronauts is how they can remain healthy for long in space.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 題設(shè)

Other organisations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new.

2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on long tables.

2015年高考英語全國卷1 聽力 原文

Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation's desire to spend more time at home.

2015年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.

2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

People are living longer because more people survive childhood.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 完形填空 原文

People have better access to health care than they used to, and they're living longer as a result.

2017年高考英語北京卷 單項(xiàng)填空 原文

People have long puzzled over how the Egyptians moved such huge rocks.

2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

People longed to see masterpieces of snow.

2015年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 選項(xiàng)

Performance: a dramatic presentation of the topic no more than 10 minutes long.

2019年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

Scientists have painted a long road red, yellow, and white.

2019年高考英語全國卷I 聽力 原文

Second, youth-sport programs have long been considered important to youth's psychosocial development, providing opportunities to learn important life skills such as cooperation, discipline, leadership, and self-control.

2015年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀表達(dá) 原文

Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

2018年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

Not long ago, with the country entering a recession and Japan at its pre-bubble peak.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statement.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern reader shave little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

At any rate, this change will ultimately be acclaimed by an ever-growing number of both domestic and international consumers, regardless of how long the current consumer pattern will take hold.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

The people who’ve been hurt the worst are those who’ve stayed too long.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Some of their ties go back a long way.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

This is an adequate amount so long as it is aimed in the right direction.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

The European Union Framework funding programs have long had a category specifically targeted at social scientists.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

For example, the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

But the Nobel Foundation’s limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to acknowledging the discovery of the Higgs boson.

出自-2014年考研閱讀原文

Sometimes storms blew the vessels far off their course, and often calm brought unbearably long delay.

出自-2015年考研翻譯原文

This long story still unfolds.

出自-2015年考研閱讀原文

This is a lesson that rich countries can learn : When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country’s success, the world looks very different.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

So, what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method for measuring the economic activity of nations , as a measure , it is no longer enough.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

It is long past time to make the program work.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environments have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of what was once a sovereign nation.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

The latter step would largely offset the financial burden of annually pre-funding retiree health care, thus addressing a long-standing complaint by the USPS and its union.

出自-2018年考研閱讀原文

The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid.

出自-2018年考研閱讀原文

A long struggle will be needed to avoid a future of digital feudalism.

出自-2018年考研閱讀原文

American papers have long been highly unusual in their reliance on ads.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Britain's Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism.

2012年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Britain's new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an interest in their performance, not just for the short term but for the long term.

2019年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

But the Nobel Foundation's limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to ack

2014年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, cine argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to seasonal pace.

2013年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Derek Jarman's yellow-tinted film Towards Avebury, a collection of long, mostly still shots of the wiltshire landscape, evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching from Samuel Palmer to Paul Nash.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago's O'Hare International.

2017年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Even dairy farms, where robots do a small share of milking, have a long way to go before they're automated.

2019年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Even very young children tend to look down on the overweight, and teasing about body build has long been a problem in schools.

2014年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

For example,the Long Now Foundation has as its flagship project a mechanical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

2013年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Helping forests flourish as valuable "carbon sinks" long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now.

2019年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

However, even though it's common, it's important to keep in mind that in a single moment of fatigue, you can say something to your child that you may regret for a long time.

2020年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

If you see a conversation as a fight or competition, you can win by cheating as long as you don't get caught.

2020年考研真題(英語一)翻譯 Section Ⅲ

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not: challenge the constitutionality of Vermont's rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

2012年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

It did not matter what was done in the experiment; so long as something was changed, productivity rose.

2010年考研真題(英語一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

It requires minimal effort and goes a long way.

2020年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

2010年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Long is Britain's best-known Land Artist and his Stone circle, a perfect ring of purplish rocks from Portishead beach laid out on the gallery floor, represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Scientific publishing has long been a licence to print money.

2020年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Subjects exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.

2013年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

That framework has contributed mightily to our broken immigration system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it.

2013年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it's presented here is that it doesn't work very well for very long.

2012年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The question would have sounded strange not long ago.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair.

2016年考研真題(英語一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.

2010年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

This one may be a bit more difficult to pull off, but it can go a long way to achieving results.

2020年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Those things might be social, sporting, creative or completely random -It doesn't matter, so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight

2016年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowners or businesses that unintentionally kill, harm, or disturb the bird, as long as they had signed a range-wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat.

2016年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.

2015年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

While there's a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking.

2018年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Yet officials also hope for a much larger benefit: more long term decision-making not only by banks but also by all corporations, to build a stronger economy for future generations.

2019年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a comparatively long time;

    "this won't take long"

    "they haven't been gone long"

Verb
  • 1. desire strongly or persistently

Adjective
  • 1. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified;

    "a long life"

    "a long boring speech"

    "a long time"

    "a long friendship"

    "a long game"

    "long ago"

    "an hour long"

  • 2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified;

    "a long road"

    "a long distance"

    "contained many long words"

    "ten miles long"

  • 3. of relatively great height;

    "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson

    "looked out the long French windows"

  • 4. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices;

    "is long on coffee"

    "a long position in gold"

  • 5. of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')

  • 6. used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration

  • 7. involving substantial risk;

    "long odds"

  • 8. (of memory) having greater than average range;

    "a long memory especially for insults"

    "a tenacious memory"

  • 9. planning prudently for the future;

    "large goals that required farsighted policies"

    "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

  • 10. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains";

    "in long supply"

Adverb
  • 1. for an extended time or at a distant time;

    "a promotion long overdue"

    "something long hoped for"

    "his name has long been forgotten"

    "talked all night long"

    "how long will you be gone?"

    "arrived long before he was expected"

    "it is long after your bedtime"

  • 2. for an extended distance

同義詞辨析

desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long

這些動(dòng)詞都有"希望"之意。

  • desire: 語氣較正式莊重,著重渴望的力量與熱切,常含有強(qiáng)烈的意圖和目的。
  • wish: 語氣較弱,多指難于實(shí)現(xiàn)或不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的愿望。
  • hope: 指對(duì)愿望實(shí)現(xiàn)有一定信心的希望。
  • expect: 通常指有很大程度的把握,但仍含有預(yù)料之意,或預(yù)計(jì)某事或某行動(dòng)的發(fā)生。
  • want: 一般指所想要的東西是切望得到的東西,能彌補(bǔ)實(shí)際需要。
  • long: 語氣強(qiáng),指極殷切地盼望著,這種盼望側(cè)重于很難或不可能得到的東西。有時(shí)也指一般愿望,但含一定感情色彩。

yearn, long, thirst

這些動(dòng)詞均含"渴望"之意。

  • yearn: 通常指急迫不安地渴望或向往,著重懷有柔情或熱情。
  • long: 指誠心誠意地渴望某事或物。
  • thirst: 原義指對(duì)食物或飲料的渴求,引申指全力以求。

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