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long-awaited

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌlong-aˈwaited, long awaited adjective [only before noun]  EXPECTa long-awaited event, moment etc is one that you have been waiting a long time for 期待已久的,盼望已久的 the long-awaited news of his release from prison 他获释出狱这个盼望已久的消息
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long-awaitedAnd hopes weakened of a long-awaited cut in interest rates which would give a real boost to the Government's election prospects.The court's long-awaited decision was unpopular with groups on both sides of the issue.Across the country, anxious United Nations workers awoke to the thought that the long-awaited Khmer Rouge offensive had started.Britain had at last experienced the long-awaited, long-delayed bourgeois revolution.The next morning we received the long-awaited order to attack.Band members were celebrating the long-awaited release of their first album.The advisory council goes out of business now, having delivered its long-awaited report.The election, locals said, hinged on discontent among some parents with the pace of long-awaited school repairs.the long-awaited sequel to her first novelIn the summer of 1780 came the long-awaited summons.The long-awaited supercomputer had been promised for last year, but the target date was later pushed back to October 1993.It is hoped that these measures will trigger the long-awaited upturn in the economy.
ˌlong-aˈwaited adjectiveChineseSyllable
long-awaited is one etc Corpus event, a moment


long-awaited
ˌlong-aˈwaited , long awaited adjective [only before noun]
a long-awaited event, moment etc is one that you have been waiting a long time for:
    the long-awaited news of his release from prison


long-awaitedBrE /ˌlɒŋ əˈweɪtɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌlɔːŋ əˈweɪtɪd/ 🔊, /ˌlɑːŋ əˈweɪtɪd/ 🔊 adjectivethat people have been waiting for for a long time 等待(或期待)已久的her long-awaited new novel她的令人期待已久的一部新小说