prolong
英 [prəˈlɒŋ]
美 [prəˈlɔːŋ]
v. 延长
现在分词：prolonging 过去分词：prolonged 第三人称单数：prolongs 过去式：prolonged
Collins.1 / BNC.8448 / COCA.9450
同义词辨析
extendlengthenprolong【导航词义：延长】
extendv. 延伸，延长
〔辨析〕
多指在空间、时间、面积等方面延长或扩展。
〔例证〕
Our summer vacation extended into September.
我们的暑假延至9月。
He wanted to extend his garden.
他想要扩建花园。
My farm extends as far as the river.
我的农场一直延伸到河边。
我们的暑假延至9月。
He wanted to extend his garden.
他想要扩建花园。
My farm extends as far as the river.
我的农场一直延伸到河边。
lengthenv. （使）延长，（使）加长
〔辨析〕
指在长度或时间上拉长或延长。
〔例证〕
His trousers were lengthened.
他的裤子放长了。
Nights are lengthening with the coming of winter.
随着冬天的来临，夜晚渐渐变长了。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延长生命。
他的裤子放长了。
Nights are lengthening with the coming of winter.
随着冬天的来临，夜晚渐渐变长了。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延长生命。
prolongv. 延长，拖延
〔辨析〕
通常指时间上的延长，含超过正常限度之意。
〔例证〕
He tried hard to prolong his mother's life.
他尽一切努力来延长母亲的生命。
The treaty has been prolonged for another 5 years.
这个条约又延长了5年。
他尽一切努力来延长母亲的生命。
The treaty has been prolonged for another 5 years.
这个条约又延长了5年。
牛津词典
verb
- 延长
to make sth last longer- The operation could prolong his life by two or three years.
这次手术可使他多活两三年。 - Don't prolong the agony (= of not knowing sth) ─just tell us who won!
别卖关子了——快说谁赢了！
- The operation could prolong his life by two or three years.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 延长；拉长；拖长
Toprolongsomething means to make it last longer.- Mr Chesler said foreign military aid was prolonging the war...
切斯勒先生说国外的军事援助拉长了战事。 - The actual action of the drug can be prolonged significantly.
这种药物实际起作用的时间可以大大延长。
- Mr Chesler said foreign military aid was prolonging the war...
英英释义
verb
- lengthen in time
- We prolonged our stay
- She extended her visit by another day
- The meeting was drawn out until midnight
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
- prolong the treatment of the patient
- keep up the good work
双语例句
- The utility model can also prolong the service life of the rubber sealing ring and the pressure cooker.
大大延长了橡胶密封圈和高压锅的使用寿命。 - It discusses how to prolong life of refinery furnace liner with ramming material.
论述了延长精炼电炉捣打料炉衬寿命的问题。 - But this new era must not repeat or prolong the mistakes of its predecessor.
但是这个新纪元必须不能重复或延长其前任的错误。 - DO not want to prolong our talk; it's time to go home.
我不想延长我们的谈话，该回家了。 - Do not prolong my suffering.
不要再让我难过下去了。 - In this case, we can prolong the life of the batteries by using a motion Sensor.
在这种情况下，我们可以延长使用运动传感器的电池寿命。 - Using super capacity battery, can effectively increase working time, prolong service life.
采用超大容量蓄电池组，能够有效的增加工作时间，延长使用寿命。 - To protect and prolong human life.
以保护及延长人类生命为名。 - When one goes down first, the other can prolong its economic cycle.
当其中一国先出现问题，另一国的经济周期便可以延长。 - This study aims to investigate whether splenocytes can be used to maintain chimerism and to prolong graft survival.
这项研究旨在要研究脾细胞是否能够用于维持嵌合状态和延长移植物存活时间。