| 单词 | prolong |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [prə'lɔŋ] |
| 解释 | v.延长，拉长 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 延长，拉长(to lengthen in time, extent, or range) 【考】 accelerate : speed / prolong : duration(加速是加快速度/延 长是延长时间)反义词：curtail(缩 短); truncate(截短) 【记】 pro(向前)+long(长) →拉长 【例】 The strong medications prolonged the sick man's life. |
| 字源 | prolong (v.) early 15c., back-formation from prolongation or else from Old French prolonguer, porloignier (13c.), from Late Latin prolongare "to prolong, extend," from Latin pro- "forth" (see pro-) + longus "long" (adj.); see long (adj.). Related: Prolonged; prolonging; prolongable. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 延长(增加持续时间) 【记】pro向前, long长－拉长 【类】accelerate: speed = prolong: duration加速是加快速度 = 延长是延长时间 【反】curtail(v 缩减); truncate(v 截去) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pro- 前 + long 向前拉长 【相关】prolongate 拉长 |
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