long-winded

• adj. 冗長的；羅嗦的；氣長的

long,長的，winded,通風的，喘氣的。引申詞義啰唆的。

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

靠過去完成的無法讓人保有成功，必須在路上持續(xù)交出成績。

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2. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.

通往和平的道路將很漫長。

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3. It was five long miles to the nearest pub.

離最近的酒吧有長長的5英里的路程。

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4. His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.

他的目的地是喬伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃爾德的家離得很遠。

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5. It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.

對于兩個七十幾歲的人來說，這段路太遠了。

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