long-winded
英 美 ['lɔŋ'wɪndɪd]
- long-winded (adj.)
- also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).
- 1. A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player
- 靠过去完成的无法让人保有成功，必须在路上持续交出成绩。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 2. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
- 通往和平的道路将很漫长。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was five long miles to the nearest pub.
- 离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
- 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.
- 对于两个七十几岁的人来说，这段路太远了。
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