long for

渴望

例句与用法：

The skirt is too long for you.

这条裙子对你来说是太长了。

Your article is a bit long for our paper.

你的文章对我们的报纸而言长了一点。

The pain made him long for oblivion.

他疼得恨不得失去知觉才好。

I long for the Island of Songs across this heaving Sea of Shouts.

在这喧哗的波涛起伏的海中，我渴望着咏歌之鸟。

Many young people in the country long for city life.

许多家村年轻人渴望城市生活。

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

渴望长生不老者以百万计，而这些人是一旦遇上了星期日下午的下雨天就都不晓得怎么打发日子的。

详细释义：

渴望

They long for a chance to visit Shanghai.

他们渴望有机会访问上海。