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单词 prolongation
释义 pro·lon·ga·tion
\(ˌ)prōˌlȯŋˈgāshən prəˌ- also -läy-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin prolongation-, prolongatio, from prolongatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
1.
 a. : an extension or lengthening in time or duration
  < the indefinite prolongation of the Korean truce talks — Joseph & Stewart Alsop >
 b. : the continuation or protraction of a spoken syllable or sound
  < the principle of prolongation — H.W.Smyth >
2. : an expansion or continuation in extent, scope, or range
 < a northwesterly prolongation into the plain of Lancastria — L.D.Stamp >
 < a prolongation of ourselves — Time Literary Supplement >
 < water and plants … became a part and prolongation of the structures conceived by the architect — José Gómez-Sicre >
 < treats literature … as a prolongation (of the past) rather than as an original creation — Wallace Fowlie >
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