| 英语单词 | prolonged |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [prə'lɒŋd] 美 [prə'lɔːŋd] |
| 中文释义 | adj.持续很久的 prolong的过去式(分词). |
| 英语例句 | (1) The meeting may be prolonged into the evening because so many problems have to be solved tonight. (2) After prolonged discussion, the representatives hammered out a form of words that was acceptable to everyone. (3) The crowd burst into prolonged cheering. (4) After prolonged questioning, she finally confessed. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 会议可能要延长到夜里,因为今晚有太多问题要解决。 (2) 代表们经过长时间的讨论之后,终于想出一种大家都能接受的措辞方式。 (3) 人群中爆发出长时间的欢呼声。 (4) 她受到长时间的盘问之后,终于承认了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something prolonged is long and drawn-out — it's taking longer than it should. A prolonged wait is usually annoying. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If a fan throws a drink on the court during a basketball game and it takes an hour to clean it up, and then another hour to re-wax the floor, and then another hour for the players to warm up again...that's a prolonged delay. Anything prolonged has been stretched out further than it should be. America's war with Vietnam was prolonged much longer than anyone expected. If something is tedious, time-consuming, and feels like it's taking forever, it's prolonged. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]长期的;持续很久的;时间长的 A prolonged event or situation continues for a long time, or for longer than expected. [usu ADJ n]
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