prolong [動詞] 延長;拉長;拖延
prolong
[prə'lɔŋ]
vt.延長, 拖延
例句與用法:
Peter: Now you must rest and take it easy. Sonia: Now he worries about me now, when it's too late. All my life he drives me to this point and now he wants to prolong the agony.
彼得:你現在必須休息,別著急。索尼婭:他現在為我擔心了,可現在太遲了。我這一輩子被他逼到了這個地步,現在他還想繼續折磨我。
How can we endeavor to prolong the brevity of human life?
我們怎樣才能延長短促的人生?
The meeting may be prolonged into the evening because so many problems have to be solved tonight.
會議可能要延長到夜裡,因為今晚有太多問題要解決。
詞形變化:
名詞: prolonger | 動詞過去式: prolonged | 動詞過去分詞: prolonged | 動詞現在分詞: prolonging | 動詞第三人稱單數: prolongs |
英文解釋:
動詞 prolong:
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
同義詞:protract, extend, draw out
lengthen or extend in duration or space
同義詞
extend | lengthen | stretch | elongate | delay | protract | draw out | spin out | persist | amplify | aggrandize | drag out | out | drag | keep up | sustain | suspend | defer | postpone | put off |
反義詞
shorten |
以上來源於大辭典