lengthen

英 ['leŋθən] 美 ['leŋθən]

• v. 加长；延长

英英释义

Verb:

1. make longer;

   "Lengthen this skirt, please"
   

2. become long or longer;

   "In Spring, the days lengthen"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. As for the Volvo's pricing advantage, competitors will also lengthen the luxury adjust strategy to meet the challenge.
   而对于沃尔沃的定价优势，竞争对手也会调整加长豪华车的策略以应对挑战。
2. To save time is to lengthen life .
   惜时即延寿。
3. The two-way communication can lengthen the dialogue limitlessly.
   这种双向交流可以无限制地延长对话。

经典引文

• A garrulous chairman lengthened out a..meeting into nearly three hours.

  出自： J. Wain

词汇搭配

• lengthen out 过分延长

近反义词

【近义词】

• extend 延伸
• stretch 伸展
• elongate 延长
• prolong 延长
• draw out 抽出
• grow 增加
• increase 增加
• pull out 拔出
• drag out 拖延
• continue 继续
• amplify 扩大
• aggrandize 增加
• draw 拖
• out 出

【反义词】

• shorten 弄短