longer-term
Something that is long-term has continued for a long time or will continue for a long time in the future.
They want their parents to have access to affordable long-term care.
他们希望他们的父母可以得到负担得起的长期看护。
a new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed.
一项旨在帮助长期失业者的新培训计划。
a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
针对信用卡诈骗的长期解决方案。
When you talk about what happens in the long term, you are talking about what happens over a long period of time, either in the future or after a particular event.
the short term
In the long term the company hopes to open in Moscow and other major cities.
从长远来看,该公司希望能在莫斯科和其他主要城市开展业务。
Over the long term, such measures may only make the underlying situation worse.
从长远看,这样的方法只会令局势更糟。