lengthen
英 ['leŋθ(ə)n; -ŋkθ-]
美['lɛŋθən]
- vt. 使延长；加长
- vi. 延长；变长
词态变化
第三人称单数: lengthens;过去式: lengthened;过去分词: lengthened;现在分词: lengthening;
中文词源
lengthen 加长
length,长度，-en,使。
英英释意
- 1. make longer;
- "Lengthen this skirt, please"
- 2. become long or longer;
- "In Spring, the days lengthen"
英文词源
- lengthen (v.)
- late 14c., from length + -en (1). Related: Lengthened; lengthening. Earlier verb was simply length (c. 1300).
同义词辨析
extend, lengthen, stretch, prolong
这些动词含有"伸展，延长"或"延伸"之意。
extend： 指时间或空间的延长，也可指影响和使用范围等的扩大。
lengthen： 指把长度或期限拉长或延长，其反义是shorten。
stretch： 指长度的延伸以及宽度的增加。
prolong： 通常指时间上延长得超过了一般或正常的限度。
考试真题
- The lengthening path to adulthood appears exacerbated (恶化) by parental involvement in the college years.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
实用场景例句
- The afternoon shadows lengthened.
- 下午影子渐渐变长了。
牛津词典
- I need to lengthen this skirt.
- 我需要把裙子放长。
牛津词典
- The evening shadows were lengthening...
- 残阳下的影子越拉越长。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her...
- 她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened...
- 假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The council does not support lengthening the school day to fit in other activities.
- 委员会不支持通过延长在校时间来插入其他活动。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- LI > To save time is to lengthen life.
- 节约时间就是延长生命.
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- He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.
- 他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些.
辞典例句
- Close your eyes, tuck your chin in a little, spread your shoulders and lengthen your spine.
- 闭上双眼, 微微收紧下巴, 展开肩膀,让脊柱得到伸展.
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- Lawbreaking to the enterprise, code forces laborer to lengthen working hours, laborer has authority to refuse.
- 对企业违反法律 、 法规强迫劳动者延长工作时间的, 劳动者有权拒绝.
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- Doesn't this lengthen our muscles, increasing our flexibility and range of motion?
- 这是否拉伸了我们的肌肉, 提高了我们的柔韧性和关节活动度?
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- A. Lengthen the estimated activity duration for all activities scheduled to occur the following winter.
- 把以后几年冬季要发生的所有活动的估算历时都加长.
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- To lengthen the setting time: Increase amount of catalyst paste.
- 延长固化时间增加催化糊剂的量.
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- Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.
- 请裁缝把这条裙子放长.
辞典例句
- The first is to lengthen the maturity of the wholesale debts that they have.
- 第一是延长所发行的批发债务的期限.
期刊摘选
- CO 2 absorbing substance in storage package could lengthen the vase life of carnation after storage.
- 贮藏时在包装袋内加入CO2吸收剂,可延长贮藏后香石竹切花的瓶插寿命,促进花朵的充分开放.
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- A signpost with variable number of signs that you can lengthen or shorten.
- 标志数量可变的标志柱,您可以将其加长或缩短.
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- It is of significant importance to lengthen the forecasting years.
- 延长预报年限具有重要的意义.
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- They can choose from the patterns in the world and lengthen their time horizons.
- 他们能从世界上的模式中进行选取并延长它们的时间跨度.
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- As winter gave way to spring the day began to lengthen.
- 冬去春来,白天开始变长了.
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- Levy wondered if turning patients into optimists would lengthen their lives.
- 在一次试验性研究中,两纰结肠癌病人受到了同样方式的治疗.
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- In spring, the days lengthen.
- 春天天长.
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- Therefore, NASA interior whether to lengthen aerospace craft's life to launch the intense discussion.
- 为此, 美国宇航局内部就是否延长航天飞机的寿命展开激烈的讨论.
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- She had to lengthen her stirrup leathers.
- 她得放长马镫皮带.
《简明英汉词典》
- Bill : Nope , can't do it. That would lengthen the disruption.
- 不可以, 那会使工程更糟.
期刊摘选
- Could you lengthen your speech out by adding some examples?
- 你不可以增加些例子,把发言拉长一些 吗 ?
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- Results: Tongshu capsule can significantly inhibit the aggregation of platelets, lengthen the clotting time.
- 结果: 通舒胶囊有明显的抑制血小板聚集及延长凝血时间的作用.
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- Surely you can lengthen the sleeves.
- 你可以把袖子放长一点,这没问题吧.
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