| 单词 | longed-for |
| 释义 | longed-for (once / 10620 pages) adj Things that are longed-for are wanted desperately by someone. When you finally get your longed-for job as the mascot for your city's minor league baseball team, you may cheer and jump up and down. Many people who tried for years to have a baby describe their eventual children as longed-for, and your chocolate loving sister might even describe the longed-for double chocolate birthday cake she's been dreaming of since last year's birthday. Anything you yearn for or desire strongly is longed-for, from the "have a strong wish or desire for" meaning of long. WORD FAMILYlonged-for USAGE EXAMPLESIn chapter thirty-three, Pip greets his longed-for ideal, the beautiful, literally heartbreaking Estella, at a coach station in London. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) Colombia held a referendum on a longed-for peace deal in October, with voters rejecting it in a shock result. BBC(Nov 18, 2016) It’s not even the joy that comes with a longed-for victory. Time(Oct 17, 2016) adj greatly desired Syn wished-for, yearned-for wanted desired or wished for or sought |
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