longest是什么意思？

longest

英[ˈlɒŋgɪst] 美[ˈlɔŋ]

• adj. 长的，（距离，长度）长的( long的最高级 )，长时间的，（因忙或不愉快等）似乎比实际时间长的，长音的；

例句

• What is longest running race in the Olympic Games called? 奥运会上最长的赛跑叫什么名字?
• We suffer from the longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. 我们现在遭受的是我国历史上历时最久的通货膨胀,也是最严重的通货膨胀之一.
• The Cowes regatta is the longest - running regular yachting regatta in the world. 考斯赛舟会是世界上航程最远的固定赛舟会.
• The longest river in the United Kingdom is the River Severn. 英国最长的河流是塞文河.
• Webster's longest lasting legacy is the changes he proposed in spelling. 韦伯斯特最深远最持久的影响在于他提出的关于拼写方面的改变.
• He delivered one of his longest and most important speeches at Pueblo, Colorado, on September 25. 9月25日,他在科罗拉多的普韦布洛发表他最长而且最重要的演说之一.
• He's only away for short periods, a week at the longest. 他只是短期外出, 最多一周.
• Bradley will go down in history as Los Angeles' longest serving mayor. 布拉德利将作为洛杉矶任期最长的市长被载入史册。
• Singing among the savage branches, it impale itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. 它把自己钉在最尖最长的刺上,在蓁蓁树枝间婉啭啼鸣.
• The hypotenuse is the longest side of a right triangle. 直角三角形的斜边是直角三角形中最长的边.

英语六级真题

The essay is the hardest thing to do, so he's put it off the longest.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Those schools usually require essays of their own, but the longest essay, 500 words maximum, is generally attached to the Common Application
出自-2013年12月阅读原文

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several;
  "the longer (or long) edge of the door""the hypotenuse is the longest (or long) side of a right triangle"
• Adverb
  1. for the most time;
  "she stayed longest"