Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #217
long
渴望；盼望
to desire something strongly or persistently; to await or aspire to something
常与 for 连用，如 long for
- 1.
To take a long position in.
做多
- 2.
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
渴望,期盼(某事发生或成真)
- 3.
desire strongly or persistently
强烈或持久地渴望
做多；持有多头头寸；做多；渴望,期盼(某事发生或成真)；强烈或持久地渴望；渴望
In use
She longs for her hometown during the holiday season.
He longed to see his family again after years abroad.
They are longing for a break from the intense work schedule.
Verb forms
base long · third person longs · -ing longing · past longed · past participle longed
long for sth: 渴望某物
Connections
Collocations
- long for
- 渴望，盼望
- She longed for a quiet life in the countryside.她渴望在乡下过宁静的生活。
- long to do something
- 渴望做某事
- He longed to see his family again.他渴望再次见到家人。
- long for the day
- 盼望那一天
- They longed for the day when peace would return.他们盼望和平回归的那一天。
- long to return
- 渴望回去
- After years abroad, she longed to return home.在国外多年后，她渴望回到家乡。
- long for home
- 思念家乡
- The soldier longed for home.那名士兵思念家乡。
- long to escape
Learner notes
Memory Tip
动词 long 是“渴望”：心里盼着某件事，总觉得等待的时间特别长，所以 long(长) 变成了 longing(渴望)。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：literary/formal writing、financial market reports 作动词表示“渴望、盼望”时（long for/to do）通常见于正式或文学语境；在金融语境中表示“做多、持有多头头寸”时属于专业术语。日常口语中更常用 want 或 desire。
Grammar Note
通常后接介词for或不定式to，不用于被动语态
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词：song /sɔŋ/, strong /strɔŋ/, wrong /rɔŋ/, along /əˈlɔŋ/, belong /bɪˈlɔŋ/ 均与 long /lɔŋ/ 押韵，末尾都是 -ong /ɔŋ/（美式发音）。注意 among /əˈmʌŋ/ 拼写同样以 -ong 结尾，但发音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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