long-distance
long-distance — 形容詞
1. involving travel or communication between places that are far from each other, o
長途的
行經長距離或相隔遙遠的
involving travel or communication between places that are far from each other, or describing people or things that are far apart — for example, a bus that travels between two faraway cities, or partners who live in different cities.
Owen took a long-distance bus from Kaohsiung to Taipei last night.
Owen 昨晚搭了一班從高雄到台北的長途巴士。
long-distance + noun (bus/call/relationship) — attributive pattern
Mark called his aunt in Brazil on a long-distance line to wish her a happy birthday.
Mark 用長途電話打到巴西給阿姨祝她生日快樂。
Joaquín and his fiancée have kept their long-distance relationship going for two years.
Joaquín 和未婚妻維持遠距離戀愛已經兩年了。
Niran the long-distance runner prepared for the Chicago marathon by running twelve miles daily.
長跑選手 Niran 每天跑十二英里，為芝加哥馬拉松做準備。
Long-distance truck drivers often sleep at rest stops along the highway.
長途卡車司機常常在高速公路旁的休息站過夜。
- local
nearby or within a short distance ('a local bus')
- short-haul
covering a short distance ('a short-haul flight')
文法句型
long-distance + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used before nouns that refer to travel, communication, or relationships: bus, flight, train, call, relationship, runner, race, service.
常見錯誤
long-distance — 副詞
1. across great physical space, as when communicating with, working for, or keeping
長途；遠距
在相距很遠的兩地之間
across great physical space, as when communicating with, working for, or keeping in touch with someone in another city or country.
Caio and Linh communicate long-distance through weekly video chats.
Caio 和 Linh 每週透過視訊聊天長途聯繫。
verb + long-distance (communicate/work/date) — adverb modifying verb
Nia works long-distance from her home office in Tainan.
Nia 在台南的家裡辦公室遠距工作。
Rachid and his wife dated long-distance for three years before she moved to Berlin.
Rachid 和妻子在搬到柏林之前，談了三年遠距離戀愛。
The two teams competed long-distance, each playing from their own city.
兩支隊伍各自在自己的城市比賽，進行遠距競賽。
文法句型
verb + long-distance
用法筆記
Common with verbs of communication (talk, communicate), work (work, operate), and relationships (date). Unlike the adjective form, the adverb does NOT go before a noun — it modifies the verb instead.
常見錯誤
long-distance — 名詞
1. a telephone service that connects people in different cities or countries, used
長途電話
跨城市或國家的電話通訊
a telephone service that connects people in different cities or countries, used for making calls or paying for the connection.
Selim called the long-distance service to ask about cheaper evening rates for calls to Morocco.
Selim 打到長途電話公司詢問打到摩洛哥的夜間優惠費率。
noun phrase: 'call the long-distance service' — refers to a telephone service
Lan used the long-distance to call her uncle in Vancouver on his sixtieth birthday.
Lan 用長途電話打給在溫哥華的叔叔，祝他六十歲生日快樂。
When Rachid called his parents in Casablanca, the long-distance charged nearly a dollar per minute.
Rachid 打給在卡薩布蘭卡的父母時，長途電話公司每分鐘將近收費一美元。
Shanti checked her long-distance bill and saw that three calls to Nairobi were on the list.
Shanti 查看她的長途電話帳單，發現三通打到奈洛比的通話紀錄。
- long-distance service
more explicit and formal
- trunk call
British term, now dated
- local call
a call within the same local area
文法句型
the long-distance
call the long-distance
用法筆記
This sense is becoming less common with the rise of mobile phones and internet calling. In modern English, the adjective form (e.g. 'a long-distance call') or the adverb form (e.g. 'call long-distance') is more frequent.
2. a person or telephone exchange that handles calls between different cities or co
長途總機
接線生或交換機
a person or telephone exchange that handles calls between different cities or countries, common in older phone systems where a human operator connected the call.
Christopher asked the long-distance to connect him to the London branch as soon as the line was free.
Christopher 請長途總機在線路有空時，幫他轉接到倫敦分公司。
noun phrase: 'ask the long-distance' — referring to the operator or exchange
The long-distance operator helped us find a number in Berlin.
長途總機接線生幫我們找到一個柏林號碼。
Otis spoke to the long-distance operator because the line kept breaking up during his call to Seoul.
Otis 向長途總機反映，因為打到首爾的電話線路一直中斷。
The long-distance operator connected our call to a hospital in Mumbai within two minutes.
長途總機在兩分鐘內幫我們接通了孟買一家醫院的電話。
- telephone operator
standard modern term for a person who connects calls
- switchboard
the equipment used to route calls manually
文法句型
the long-distance
ask the long-distance
用法筆記
This sense is historical and rarely used today, since automated dialling has replaced human operators. Learners are more likely to encounter this in old films, books, or historical contexts.