“过长的”常见英文表达有“overly long”“excessively long” 或 “too long” 。
“overly long”强调超出了合理或期望的长度,带有一种略显冗长、不恰当的意味。例如:The speech was overly long and many people got bored.(演讲时间过长,很多人都感到厌烦了。)
“excessively long”同样表达超过必要程度的长度,“excessively”有“过度地、过分地”意思,加强了“长”到不合理的程度。例如:The report is excessively long and needs to be condensed.(这份报告篇幅过长,需要精简。)
“too long”是最常用的表达,简单直接地表示长度超过了所需或预期。例如:This skirt is too long for me.(这条裙子对我来说太长了。)