longer

longer

1. Generally speaking, women live longer than men.

一般而言，女性寿命较男性长。

2. A long line of car is unable to pass that road hog.

一长串的车子无法超越那个挡道的汽车驾驶。

3. It's a long hard slog up the mountain.

上山的这段路很难走。

4. Before long this arrangement began to pay big dividends.

不久，这项安排就开始带来很大的好处。

5. Hard training will fit them to run long distances.

严格的训练将使他们能跑长距离。

6. The railway service to our village is no longer economic.

为我们村子提供铁路服务已无利可图。

7. After a long battle the pirate captain struck his flag.

久战之后，海盗船长降旗投降。

8. The long drought famished many people.

久旱使很多人陷入饥饿。

9. How long will it take to go there by ship?

乘船到那里去要花多长时间？

10. It may take a long time to find a solution to the problem.

也许要花很长时间才能找到解决这个问题的办法。

11. From Beijing to Guangzhou is a long journey.

从北京到广州是一个较长的旅程。

12. He is no longer within the pale of noble society.

他不再是贵族社会的一员了。

13. He no longer indulged himself in smoking.

他不再过度吸烟了。

14. They've been dating for a long time.

他们一直频频约会。

15. How they long to get a sight of their native land!

他们多么渴望看一看故乡啊！

16. They caught the puppy after a long chase.

他们追了很久才把小狗逮住。

17. I'm past caring (ie I no longer care) what he does.

他做什麽我再也不管了。

18. He ran up and jumped a long distance.

他助跑，然后起跳，跳的很远。

19. He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.

他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。

20. He did a long stretch for attempted murder.

他因谋杀未遂罪坐了很长时间的牢。

21. He was enfeebled by a long illness.

他因长期患病而虚弱无力。

22. He has a long head on many matters.

他在许多事情上极有远见。

23. He is bored with your long speech.

他对你的长篇演说感到厌烦。

24. He went into a long explanation of the affair.

他对那件事长篇大论地解释起来。

25. He has settled here for a long span of time.

他已经在这儿定居很长一段时间了。

26. How long does it take him to drive to work?

他开车去上班要用多长时间？

27. He thinks the world cares little whether a man is a churchman, so long as he is good and true.

他想只要一个人慈善忠厚，谁也不会介意他是否是个教徒。

28. He weeded out the books he no longer needed.

他把不再需要的书清理出去了。

29. He roped up the long sticks as a weapon.

他把长棍用绳子捆在一起当武器用。

30. His long boring story made me yawn.

他的冗长的故事听得我直打呵欠。

31. His long speech was nothing but gas and hot air.

他的长篇大论只是吹牛和空话。

32. I can't ignore his rudeness any longer.

他粗暴无礼，我再也不能不闻不问了。

33. He's finally off (ie is no longer addicted to) drugs.

他终於戒了毒了。

34. It took him long time to smooth away perplexities.

他花了好长时间才消除了困惑。

35. He is going to make a long journey.

他要作一次长途旅行。

36. He saw he should no longer shut himself up in his ivory tower.

他认识到不应再把自己关在象牙塔里。

37. He used to go for long walks on the moors.

他过去时常在荒野上长时间地散步。

38. He works long hours to the detriment of his health.

他长时间的工作，有损健康。

39. He has got afoot after a long sickness.

他长期患病后现在已经可以行走了。

40. He foresaw that the job would take a long time.

他预见到做这件工作需要很长时间。

41. I always get the fidgets during long meetings.

会议开得长我就坐不住了。

42. The cut is no longer weeping and is starting to heal.

伤口已不流脓，渐渐愈合了。

43. You can't keep up the pretence any longer.

你不能再假装下去了。

44. How long do you intend to stop with the firm?

你打算还为公司工作多久？

45. Your article is a bit long for our paper.

你的文章对我们的报纸而言长了一点。

46. I'll be satisfied if you no longer lose your temper with me.

你要不再对我发脾气，我就满意了。

47. It was very thoughtless of you to keep her waiting so long.

你让她等那么久也太不体谅人了。

48. It won't take long to mend the car.

修理这辆汽车用不了很长时间。

49. It took a long while to do the work.

做这个工作花了许多时间。

50. I had a long talk with the headmaster about my son.

关于我儿子的问题我与校长谈了很长时间。

51. The others are a long way behind.

其他人落在后面很远。

52. It's no longer possible to trap a sensible man into marriage.

再不可能让一个理智的男人上圈套结婚了。

53. Don't keep us in suspense any longer!

别再让我们着急了！

54. Don't stay too long at the snack bar.

别在快餐馆耽误太长时间。

55. Don't whittle the stick down too much or it won't be long enough.

别把那棍削得太多，不然就不够长了。

56. Hard work and long hour is rungs in the ladder of success.

刻苦努力和孜孜不倦是成功的梯阶。

57. How long will the discharge of the cargo take?

卸货需要多久？

58. How long has Jim gone in for collecting stamps?

吉姆爱好集邮有多长时间？

59. I'll not trespass on your time any longer.

因为你忙，我就不再侵占你的时间了。

60. Joe was teed off because he had to wait so long.

因为要等这么久，乔很厌烦了。

61. Seriously damaged, the bridge is no longer in use.

因受到严重损坏，这座桥不再使用了。

62. His eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.

在他去世之前他的古怪脾气就早已闻名遐尔了。

63. It's no longer possible to find a cheap flat in central London.

在伦敦市中心区再也不可能找到租金低廉的公寓了。

64. He is by long odds the strongest of the candidates.

在候选人中，他无疑是最强的。

65. There are long indented coastlines in the South Sea.

在南海有犬牙交错的海岸线。

66. Short skirts are no longer in vogue in Britain.

在英国，短裙现在不流行了。

67. People there have fallen out of wearing long gowns.

在那儿人们已经不再穿长袍了。

68. How long does it take to go to the airport by taxi?

坐出租汽车去飞机场要多长时间？

69. The Hawaiian Islands are no longer a dependency of the USA.

夏威夷群岛已不再是美国的属地。

70. Shadows are longer when the sun is low in the sky.

太阳很低时，物体的影子就很长。

71. Cream cakes are no long a luxury.

奶油蛋糕再也不是奢侈品了。

72. She bought some roses with long stems.

她买了一些枝干很长的玫瑰花。

73. She holds the world record for the long jump.

她保持著跳远世界纪录。

74. She became so weak that she no longer responded when called.

她变得那样虚弱，叫她时她都没有反应了。

75. She refused to be dispirited by her long illness.

她并未因长期患病而萎靡不振。

76. She twisted the long scarf round her head.

她把那条长围巾围在头上。

77. She is slowly wearing away, she can't last long.

她的体力正在慢慢衰竭，她活不了多久了。

78. Her long skirt was trailing along/on the floor.

她的长裙拖在地板上。

79. It didn't take the children long to figure out the correct answer.

孩子们没有花很多时间就算出了正确的答案。

80. Between ourselves, that young man's hair is much too long.

就咱俩之间说说，那小伙子的头发实在是太长了。