释义 |
long for long for (someone or something)To have a very strong desire or yearning for someone or something. I love my job, but I long for my family when I have to spend so much time on the road. After so many years in a stuffy office job, she longed for adventure around the world.See also: longlong for someone or somethingto desire or pine for someone or something. She is longing for her old friends. Walter longed for his hometown in the mountains.See also: longlong forv. To desire greatly or yearn for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to obtain: I long for the carefree days of my youth.See also: long |