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prolonged

/pruh-lawng, -long/US // prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ //UK // (prəˈlɒŋ) //

旷日持久的,延长的,延长了的,漫长的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
    • : to make longer in spatial extent: to prolong a line.

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Examples

  • I tend to prolong my meals until they take on the mood of a snack, and to draw out my snacks, too.

  • After all, the tantalizing appeal of SAT solving is that if you can just figure out how to check one more case, call one more babysitter, prolong the search just a little longer, you might find what you’re looking for.

  • The smartphone market also dropped 20% year-over-year during the first quarter, underscoring the coronavirus pandemic’s prolonged financial hit.

  • If they aren’t able to speak up when they spot a problem, we risk prolonging this crisis, deepening the economic pain, and ultimately losing more lives.

  • The record was as meticulous as it was prolonged, with researchers relying on a microscope to log shifts of mercury as fine as one-hundredth of an inch.

  • But medical experts say being able to take advantage of American health care almost certainly prolonged his life.

  • A few hours after the prolonged exposure to Duncan, Williams and her fetus died of overwhelming Ebola infection.

  • In fact, the pilot is actually a prolonged rant against the very behaviors that many people wrongfully assume the show celebrates.

  • But McCrum withdrew his name in 2010, as the prolonged nomination process stalled his law practice.

  • A woman, sixty-eight, suffers a heart attack and goes into prolonged cardiac arrest.

  • I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

  • It was a severe and prolonged operation, p. 182but saved my life and re-established my health.

  • Then, lifting its head and muzzle to the sky, it opened its long jaws and gave vent to a dismal and prolonged howling.

  • The prolonged and doubtful struggle naturally wearied out the patience of the non-combatants behind Gillies Hill.

  • This condition prolonged the separation of our faith from science for fifteen hundred years after its beginning.