[prə'lɔŋ]
prolong
v. 延长,拖延

词形变化:

名词:prolonger 动词过去式:prolonged 过去分词:prolonged 现在分词:prolonging 第三人称单数:prolongs

例句与用法:

  1. 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:你现在必须休息,别着急。索尼娅:他现在为我担心了,可现在太迟了。我这一辈子被他逼到了这个地步,现在他还想继续折磨我。
  2. How can we endeavor to prolong the brevity of human life?
    我们怎样才能延长短促的人生?
  3. The meeting may be prolonged into the evening because so many problems have to be solved tonight.
    会议可能要延长到夜里,因为今晚有太多问题要解决。

英英解释:

动词 prolong:

  1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  2. 同义词:protract, extend, draw out
  3. lengthen or extend in duration or space
  4. 同义词:sustain, keep up