for a long time for quite some time
I thanked them for their long and loyal service.
对于他们长期以来忠诚的效力我非常感谢。
—— 柯林斯例句They have profaned the long upheld traditions of the Church.
他们亵渎了教会长期以来的传统。
—— 柯林斯例句Colmar has long been considered the capital of the wine trade.
科尔马长期以来一直被视为葡萄酒贸易中心。
—— 柯林斯例句He confirmed what had long been feared.
他证实了人们长期以来的担心。
—— 柯林斯例句There have been peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment.
长期以来失业率一直时起时伏。
—— 给力词典精选