[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]长期的;长远的 Something that is long-term has continued for a long time or will continue for a long time in the future.
[usu ADJ n]
A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected...
一项旨在帮助长期失业者的新的培训计划有望出台。
The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
该协会相信新技术将可长远地解决信用卡诈骗问题。
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[N-SING 单数名词]长期;长远 When you talk about what happens in the long term, you are talking about what happens over a long period of time, either in the future or after a particular event.
[the N]
In the long term the company hopes to open in Moscow and other major cities...
公司的长期目标是希望在莫斯科和其他大城市开门营业。
Over the long term, such measures may only make the underlying situation worse.
长远来看,这些措施可能只会使潜在问题恶化。
Oxford
ˌlong-ˈterm/; NAmE/adjective[usually before noun ]1that will last or have an effect over a long period of time 长期的;长远的;长期有效的◆a long-term strategy长期的策略◆the long-term effects of fertilizers肥料的长远影响◆a long-term investment长线投资2that is not likely to change or be solved quickly 近期不大可能改变的;不大可能很快解决的◆long-term unemployment长期失业☞compare
short-term
ˌlong-ˈterm/; NAmE/
LDC
long-termˌlong-ˈterm ●●○W3 adjective [usually before noun]
Examples
Collocations
continuing for a long period of time, or relating to what will happen in the distant futureOPP short-term: the long-term future of the fishing industry the long-term interests of the companythe long-term unemployed (=people who have not had a job for a long time) the long-term effects of alcohol on the bodylong-term plan/strategy/solutionlong-term loan/investment → in the long term
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