protract

英[prə'trækt] 美[proʊ'trækt]
  • vt. 延长;托长;伸出
protractive protractedly protractedness protracted protracted protracting protracts
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星级词汇:
  • probabilism n.盖然论(对某事有两种均非决定性意见时,应由判断者随意决定的教义)
    v. (动词)
    1. 绘制
    2. 伸展
    3. 【动】伸出
    4. 延长
    5. 拖延
    6. 拖长
    7. 画(线)
    8. 制(图)
    9. 延伸
    10. 突出

英英释义

Verb:
  1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer;

    "We prolonged our stay"
    "She extended her visit by another day"
    "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

1. Three hours have passed since the discussion was begun, and I'm afraid they will protract It'still longer.
这个讨论会已经开了3个小时了, 而且恐怕他们还会拖延下去的.

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2. The cat can protract its paws.
猫能伸其爪.

来自辞典例句

3. It protract live - span and improve the corrosion periods.
延长了使用寿命,大大提高了防腐使用周期.

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4. Let's not protract the debate any further.
我们不要再继续争论下去了.

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5. Delay always breeds danger, and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
推迟经常孕育危险, 拖延一个伟大的工程常常意味着毁灭它.

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    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. To protract the suspense, he paused for a considerable period of time before telling us the result of the experiment.
      为了延长悬念,他在告诉我们实验结果之前停顿了相当一段时间。