in the long term

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in the ˈlong/ˈshort/ˈmedium term idiom
used to describe what will happen a long, short, etc. time in the future
•Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).
•In the longer term, children of depressed mothers are more likely to suffer from childhood depression.
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