| 单词 | long-term |
| 释义 | long-term (once / 610 pages) adj Something that's long-term has lasted for quite a while. If you have a long-term girlfriend, she's been in your life for years. Use the adjective long-term to describe things that are so enduring that they're nearly permanent. Someone who's a long-term resident of Canada has lived there for a very long time, and news of long-term unemployment is discouraging because it means people have been out of work for months and months. Long-term was originally a word describing only insurance policies, in the 1870's. WORD FAMILYlong-term: longer-term, longest-term USAGE EXAMPLESCousins likely won’t sign a long-term deal unless he receives top dollar. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) It’s Cousins’ next-to-last pass — a defeat-clinching interception — that will be remembered and used as evidence against his case for a long-term contract. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) A long-term goal might be saving for a down payment on a house. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) adj relating to or extending over a relatively long time the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war a long-term investment Syn long-run, semipermanent long primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified |
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