中英互译
prolong
英 /prəˈlɒŋ/美 /prəˈlɔːŋ/
基本释义
- v.拉长,拖长(感觉或活动);<罕>延长
第三人称单数prolongs
现在分词prolonging
过去式prolonged
过去分词prolonged
CET6考研IELTSTOEFLGRESAT
词语例句
拉长,拖长(感觉或活动)vt.
The operation could prolong his life by two or three years.
这次手术可使他多活两三年。
More important, in a statistical twist, they may have actually benefited from the financial crisis in the most fundamental way: prolonged lives.
更重要的是,从统计学的角度来看,他们可能实际上已经以最根本的方式从金融危机中受益:延长寿命。
<罕>延长vt.
Her lips were prolonged because of the short scar.
这道短短的红色疤痕使她的唇线显得很长。
- It seems commonly believed that companies are not motivated to prolong their products' lifespan.人们似乎普遍认为,公司没有动力去延长产品的寿命。
- In government laboratories and elsewhere, scientists are seeking a drug able to prolong life and youthful vigor.在政府实验室和其他地方,科学家们正在寻找一种能够延长寿命、让人保持年轻活力的药物。
- Extreme high-performance sports may lead to optimal cardiovascular performance, but they quite certainly do not prolong life.极限高强度运动可能会带来最佳的心血管功能,但这些运动肯定无法延长寿命。
网络短语
- prolong life延年;长寿
- prolong outage长期停机
- extend lengthen prolong extend指直线状的伸展;引申指扩大势力
- extend prolong延伸
- prolong one's life延年益寿
词语扩展
adj.
prolonged延长的;拖延的;持续很久的
n.
prolongation延伸;延长部分;[经] 延期
- suspend/defer/postpone/prolong/delay/put off
- enlarge/extend/stretch/prolong/inflate/expand/increase/multiply/lengthen/add/augment/amplify
- enlarge放大(照片)
- extend使…(在空间或时间上)更大,更长;伸长,伸展,延展;舒展(肢体),extend sth
- stretchvt 拉长,撑大;绵延,延续
- prolong人为的延长时间
- inflate使(轮胎、气球等)充气,膨胀,inflate sth (with sth)
- expand使…变大,扩大,扩展,expand sth into sth
- increase增加,增大(数目、数量、体积等),increase sth from…to…
- multiply成倍的增加
- lengthen指自然的延长时间或空间
- add加,添加,add sth to sth
- augmentvt 增多,增大,augment sth
- amplify特指音量,电流等的扩大
- extend/stretch/prolong/lengthen
词义分布
延长
98.5%
拖延
1.5%
英英释义
- v.lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- v.lengthen or extend in duration or space
- v.to make something last longer
延长;拖长;拉长- I did not wish to prolong the conversation.我不想拖长谈话。
词源
- prolong拉长,延长词根词缀: pro-前 + long长的 → 向前拉,向前延
- prolong延长pro-,向前,long,长的。引申词义延长。