long for

I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.

我渴望到好望角去旅行.

Eleanor was annoyed at having had to wait so long for him.

埃莉诺为不得不等他这么长时间而感到很恼火。

It did not take long for the central bank to soothe investors' fears.

中央银行很快便消除了投资者的担忧。

The oppressed long for deliverance and liberation.

被压迫人民盼望着翻身得解放.

They long for a mother's goodnight kiss.

他们渴望得到一个母亲道晚安时的亲吻.

Congress is being asked to investigate why it took so long for government regulators to shut the plant down.

人们要求国会调查政府监管机构为何花了这么长时间才关闭该工厂。

Senior citizens long for a more predictable and secure future.

老年人渴望有一个更稳定、更可预见的未来。

As the skirt was too long for her , she had to pin up the hem.

每当我女朋友买新服装而下摆太长时,我就得替她把底边别起来.

Competition is found everywhere because it is human inborn nature to long for the better.

到处都能发现竞争,因为渴望更好是人的天性.

This class is very active, and they all long for asking the question.

这个班级很活跃, 他们都争先恐后地回答问题.

Life that is too short for the happy, is too long for the miserable.

生命对于幸福者太短, 对于不幸者太长.

His legs are too long for his inches.

就他的身高而言,他的腿太长了.

He is not long for this world.

他将不久于人世.

Americans and Iraqis long for a bold stroke that will end Iraq's suffering.

美国人和伊拉克人都渴望为结束伊拉克的苦难画上浓重的一笔.

Reality sickens them, they long for a realm of unlimited opportunity.

现实使他们头痛, 他们向往一种无限希望的境界.

The pain made him long for oblivion.

他疼得恨不得能失去知觉才好.

We always long for what we have already lost.

我们总是渴盼已经失去的东西.

The trend won'tlast too long, for the simple reason that the results are a bit toosimilar.

这一趋势不会持续太久, 正如它简单的原因那样,结果有会类似.

Another foreign trade from their own side is relatively long for their own work.

另外从自身方面外贸也是自己比较向往的工作.

We long for security: Individual, home, community, country and the world.

我们都渴求有安全: 世界安全 、 国家安全 、 社区安全 、 家园安全及个人安全.

The skirt is too long for me.

这条裙子太长了.

They long for a chance to visIt'shanghai.

他们渴望有机会访问上海.

Better return home and make a net than long for fish by the waterside.

临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网.

Sometimes I wish I am a bird heading for where I long for without flying back.

有时,我真希望自己是一只鸟儿,飞向自己梦想中的国度,永远不再回来.

Anita : It'shouldn't take long for us to choose the right one, John.

艾昵塔: 约翰, 选个中意的窗帘应该不会花我们太多时间.

Training does not need to take long for each employee.

培训不需要占用每个员工的时间.