prolong + noun
直接宾语,表示延长某事物。
The medicine can prolong your life.
这种药可以延长你的寿命。
延长;拖长
prolonged — past of prolong
延长;拉长;推迟;延期;变长;延长;在空间或长度上延伸;延长;延长持续时间
to make something last longer or continue for more time
在空间或长度上延伸
To extend in space or length.
延长;延长持续时间
To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of.
推迟到较远的时间;延期。
To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
变长;延长。
To become longer; lengthen.
现在完成时
The meeting has been prolonged by another hour.
会议被延长了一个小时。
past continuous
They were prolonging their vacation in Europe.
他们当时正在延长他们在欧洲的假期。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed
The meeting was prolonged because of the heated debate.
由于激烈的辩论,会议被延长了。
用法提示:被动语态表示会议被延长
He took a break to avoid prolonging his headache.
他休息了一下,以免头痛持续更久。
用法提示:动名词形式作宾语
If you prolong the exposure, the photo will become overexposed.
如果你延长曝光时间,照片会变得过度曝光。
用法提示:条件句中使用动词原形
直接宾语,表示延长某事物。
The medicine can prolong your life.
这种药可以延长你的寿命。
用by短语表示延长的具体时长。
They prolonged the meeting by an hour.
他们将会议延长了一个小时。
被动结构,表示某事被延长。
The event was prolonged due to bad weather.
由于天气恶劣,活动被延长了。
最常用,可指时间或空间延长,但语气中性,不如prolong强调不必要的拖长
侧重增加长度,时间上不如prolong正式,常指物理加长
强调不必要的拖延,与prolong最接近,但更正式,口语少用
grammar · medium
易错句子The meeting prolonged for two hours.
正确表达The meeting was prolonged for two hours.
prolong 是及物动词,必须接宾语或用被动语态;不能像不及物动词那样直接使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子We need to prolong the time of the meeting.
正确表达We need to prolong the meeting.
prolong 本身已包含“时间延长”的意思,无需再加“the time”,否则造成冗余。
与 prolong 在时间或长度上相反,表示减少持续时间或长度。
通常指文字或内容的缩短,与 prolong 的延长意义相对。
强调提前结束或减少,与 prolong 的延长时间相反。
extend 可用于空间或时间的延长,而 prolong 一般只指时间的拖延
延长寿命
Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help prolong life.
定期锻炼和健康饮食有助于延长寿命。
延长痛苦
The doctors decided not to prolong the agony and let the patient go peacefully.
医生决定不延长痛苦,让病人平静地离去。
延长谈判
Both sides agreed not to prolong negotiations unnecessarily.
双方同意不必要地延长谈判。
延长停留
We decided to prolong our stay in Paris for another week.
我们决定在巴黎再延长停留一周。
延长持续时间
The medication may prolong the duration of the treatment.
这种药物可能会延长治疗的持续时间。
延长战争
The lack of a peace agreement only serves to prolong the war.
缺乏和平协议只会延长战争。
pro- (向前) + long (长)
pro- (向前) + active (积极的)
long (长) + -itude (名词后缀)
e- (向外) + long (长) + -ate (动词后缀)
与prolong都涉及时间长短的概念。
prolong常与deadline连用,表示延长截止日期。
prolong可指延长会议或会期。
prolong常指延长合同期限。
prolong life是常见搭配,表示延长寿命。
延长痛苦(指拖延不愉快或紧张的过程)
The judge decided not to prolong the agony and delivered the verdict immediately.
法官决定不再延长痛苦,立即宣布了判决。
拖延不可避免的事情
By avoiding the discussion, he was only prolonging the inevitable.
他回避讨论,只是在拖延不可避免的事。
延长悬念
The director prolonged the suspense by switching to a different scene.
导演通过切换到另一个场景来延长悬念。
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