extending
延长,延伸,延长期限,延长的
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- : to stretch out; draw out to the full length: He extended the measuring tape as far as it would go.
- : to stretch, draw, or arrange in a given direction, or so as to reach a particular point, as a cord, wall, or line of troops.
- : to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or hand: to extend one's hand in greeting.
- : to place at full length, especially horizontally, as the body or limbs.
- : to increase the length or duration of; lengthen; prolong: to extend a visit.
- : to stretch out in various or all directions; expand; spread out in area: A huge tent was extended over the field.
- : to enlarge the scope of, or make more comprehensive, as operations, influence, or meaning: The European powers extended their authority in Asia.
- : to provide as an offer or grant; offer; grant; give: to extend aid to needy scholars.
- : Finance. to postpone beyond the time originally agreed upon.
- : to increase the bulk or volume of, especially by adding an inexpensive or plentiful substance.
- : Bookkeeping. to transfer from one column to another.
- : Law. British.to assess or value.to make a seizure or levy upon, as land, by a writ of extent.
- : Manège. to bring into an extended attitude.
- : to exert to an unusual degree.
- : Archaic. to exaggerate.
- : Obsolete. to take by seizure.
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- : to be or become extended; stretch out in length, duration, or in various or all directions.
- : to reach, as to a particular point.
- : to increase in length, area, scope, etc.
- : Manège. to come into an extended attitude.
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Examples
However, she cautions, with extended use the device may wear down.
Amazon has a strong corporate culture that extends across their offices and their warehouses, so we’ll likely see them trying to keep their office teams working together as much as possible.
Early in the pandemic, Starbucks expanded emergency pay for store staff impacted by the coronavirus and extended it through May 31 for those diagnosed or directly exposed to Covid-19.
According to Bunker, she and other LGBTQ state representatives focused on extending this language to other areas of state law.
Your left leg should be extended, with your foot flat on the floor.
The extending out of one syllable is a great songwriting device.
Did you envision your Pryor biography as extending your previous investigation—aesthetically and historically?
“I just got my nails done,” gushes Michael C. Hall, extending his manicured, silver digits towards me.
Extending the life of a fighter jet past its expected lifespan comes at a steep price.
“If anything, John Kerry succeeded in extending the period of hope for a little bit longer,” he said.
Not a word now,” cried Longcluse harshly, extending his hand quickly towards him; “I may do that which can't be undone.
New rows of stately houses have recently been built, and the "court end" of the city is extending rapidly toward the West.
Through it runs a vein about one vara wide, extending east and west for some distance.
They have no walls, for the roofs serve as everything, extending from above even to the ground.
In both cases the riparian owner, so-called, may erect a wharf extending from his land subject to public control.