[TOP]long-time 'long-time adjective [only before noun] having been the particular thing mentioned for a long time 为时甚久的: his long-time colleague 他的老同事 [TOP]long-timeUK ['lɒŋ.taɪm] US ['lɑ:ŋ-] adjective [before noun] ADVANCED » describes someone who has been in a particular position for a long period 长久的，长期的 A long-time friend of the chairman said she had expected the resignation. 董事长的一位老友说她曾预料到会发生此次辞职事件。 [TOP]long-time ●●●○○
1.ADJ 形容词 为时甚久的；长时间的 You use long-time to describe something that has existed or been a particular thing for a long time.
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Newcomers had to pay far more in taxes than long-time land owners... 新的土地业主比老业主缴纳的税款要多很多。
She married her long-time boyfriend. 她嫁给了多年的男友。
...a long-time member of the pro-democracy movement. 始终不渝支持民主运动的成员