Word · Frequency #35855
protracted
延长;拉长
protracted is the past of protract.
核心释义
To draw out or extend, especially in duration; to prolong.
- 1.
延长;拉长,尤指持续时间上的延伸。
To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
- 2.
使用量角器。
To use a protractor.
- 3.
按比例尺绘制;用比例尺和量角器标出线条和角度;标绘。
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
- 4.
拖延;推迟;延期。
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
- 5.
伸出;突出。
To extend; to protrude.
推迟;延期;伸出;突出;使用量角器;按比例绘制;标绘;延长;拉长,尤指持续时间上的延伸。
用法In use
The meeting was protracted by endless questions from the audience.
用法提示:protracted 是 protract 的过去分词,用于被动语态,表示“被延长”。
They decided not to protract the debate any further.
用法提示:protract 用作动词不定式,表示“延长、拖长”。
His illness protracted the project for several months.
用法提示:protracted 是过去式,作及物动词,表示“使拖延”。
Verb forms
base protract · third person protracts · -ing protracting · past protracted · past participle protracted
protract 为正式用词,常指在时间上不必要地延长;过去式和过去分词均为 protracted。
相关词与表达Connections
词族Word family
- protracts
- third person singular
- protracted
- past, past participle
- protracting
- present participle
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