long for a long time
Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。
—— 柯林斯例句Our cars get blocked in and we can´t leave for ages.
我们的车被堵在里面,要等很久才能走。
—— 柯林斯例句The old-timers and established families clutched the reins of power.
久居此地的居民和根基稳固的家族牢牢掌控着权力。
—— 柯林斯例句For many, their long-awaited homecoming was a bitter disappointment.
对许多人来说,他们期盼已久的还乡之行却令他们大失所望。
—— 柯林斯例句I went for long, contemplative walks by the river.
我沿着河走了很久,默默沉思着。
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