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单词 prolong
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(prəlɒŋ, US -lɔːŋ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense prolongs, present participle prolonging, past tense, past participle prolonged
verb
To prolong something means to make it last longer.
Mr Chesler said foreign military aid was prolonging the war. [VERB noun]
The actual action of the drug can be prolonged significantly. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: lengthen, continue, perpetuate, draw out More Synonyms of prolong
prolongation (proʊlɒŋgeɪʃən, US -lɔːŋ-)Word forms: plural prolongations variable noun
...the prolongation of productive human life. [+ of]

prolong in British English

(prəˈlɒŋ) or prolongate (prəʊˈlɒŋˌɡeɪt)
verb
(transitive)
to lengthen in duration or space; extend
Derived forms
prolongation (ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən)
noun
prolonger (proˈlonger)
noun
prolongment (proˈlongment)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin prōlongāre to extend, from Latin pro-1 + longus long

prolong in American English

(proʊˈlɔŋ; prəˈlɔŋ)
verb transitive
to lengthen or extend in time or space
: also proˈlonˌgate (prəˈlɔŋˌgeɪt) Word forms: proˈlonˌgated or proˈlonˌgating
SIMILAR WORDS:  exˈtend
Derived forms
prolongation (ˌprolonˈgation) (ˌproʊlɔŋˈgeɪʃən)
noun
prolonger (proˈlonger)
noun
Word origin
ME prolongen < MFr prolonguer < LL prolongare < L pro-, forth + longus, long: see pro-2 & long1

Examples of 'prolong' in a sentence
prolong

You go ahead and give up smoking or drinking or eating fat to try to prolong your life.
The Sun (2016)
There is a big question for society about how much we want to spend on expensive drugs to prolong life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You prolong the agony in the name of love.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The operation did not seek to prolong life unnaturally.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some years ago he decided to refuse any drug that would prolong his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Why is the eurozone prolonging the agony?
The Sun (2015)
The focus of medicine on prolonging life could mean it lost its way.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is no point in prolonging the agony.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001)
It is the very nature of the bonus system that may end up prolonging the agony.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He refused and prolonged her agony for a further four months.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Will this prolong the war in Afghanistan or shorten it?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And yet, somehow we are always doing things to try to prolong our life on earth.
Christianity Today (2000)
Although the operation should prolong her life, it would only provide temporary respite.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
After all, what would you pay to prolong your life?
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Yesterday's election seems sure to prolong the agony for all.
The Sun (2012)
They are prolonging my life.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
Many families report not being made aware of clinical trials, which for critically ill patients are often the only hope of prolonging life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
QE may end up prolonging the euro agony, not fixing it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
On smoking: They proved that if you quit smoking it will prolong your life.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Villa may prolong the agony but will be no great loss to the Premier League.
The Sun (2016)
Either scenario could simply prolong the agony of the Rock - and the government.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The slow approach may prolong the agony, but it's likely to be safer for your heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They are now focusing all their efforts on raising 250,000 to send him to Germany for treatment to prolong his life.
The Sun (2016)

In other languages
prolong

British English: prolong VERB
To prolong something means to make it last longer.
He said foreign military aid was prolonging the war.
  • American English: prolong
  • Brazilian Portuguese: prolongar
  • Chinese: 延长
  • European Spanish: prolongar
  • French: prolonger
  • German: verlängern
  • Italian: prolungare
  • Japanese: 長引かせる
  • Korean: 연장하다
  • European Portuguese: prolongar
  • Latin American Spanish: prolongar

Chinese translation of 'prolong'

prolong

(prəˈlɔŋ)

vt

  1. 延长(長) (yáncháng)
(verb) 
Definition
to make (something) last longer
He said foreign military aid was prolonging the war.
Synonyms
lengthen
They want to lengthen the school day.
continue
perpetuate
draw out
extend
They have extended the deadline by 24 hours.
delay
I delayed my departure until she could join me.
stretch out
carry on
spin out
drag out
make longer
protract
The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely protract the civil war.
Opposites
cut
,
cut down
,
shorten
,
summarize
,
curtail
,
abbreviate
,
abridge

Additional synonyms

in the sense of continue
Synonyms
go on,
reach,
project,
extend,
prolong,
lengthen,
draw out
in the sense of delay
Definition
to put (something) off to a later time
I delayed my departure until she could join me.
Synonyms
put off,
suspend,
postpone,
stall,
shelve,
prolong,
defer,
hold over,
temporize,
put on the back burner (informal),
protract,
take a rain check on (US, Canadian, informal)
in the sense of extend
Definition
to make bigger or longer than before
They have extended the deadline by 24 hours.
Synonyms
make longer,
prolong,
lengthen,
draw out,
spin out,
elongate,
drag out,
protract

Synonyms of 'prolong'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of protract
Definition
to lengthen or extend (a situation etc.)
The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely protract the civil war.
Synonyms
extend,
continue,
prolong,
keep going,
stretch out,
lengthen,
draw out,
spin out,
drag on or out
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