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单词 lengthen
释义
lengthen
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈleŋ.θən/us
/ˈleŋ.θən/
C1
to make somethinglonger, or tobecomelonger:
延长，拉长，加长；变长
I'll have to lengthen thisskirt.我必须把这条裙子放长一些。
lengtheningwaitinglists越来越长的等候者名单
If you lengthen something, or it lengthens, ittakeslongertohappen:
推迟；延迟，延期
There is aplanto lengthen the three-yearcourseto fouryears.计划要将3年的课程延长为4年。
Opposite
shorten
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enlarging and inflating
  • augmentation
  • balloon
  • bloat
  • broaden
  • build(someone/something)up
  • bulk
  • deepen
  • expand
  • explosively
  • flare
  • fluffsomethingup
  • implacably
  • inflation
  • maximize
  • puff
  • reinflate
  • reinflation
  • scalesomethingup
  • stretch
  • widen
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Continue & last
(Definition oflengthenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lengthen| American Dictionary

lengthen
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈleŋk·θən,ˈleŋ-/

lengthenverb[I/T](DISTANCE)

to make somethinglonger, or tobecomelonger:
[T]I’ll have to lengthen thisskirt.
[I]In the lateafternoon, theshadowsof thehaystackslengthened.

lengthenverb[I/T](TIME)

to make something takelongertohappen, or tobecomelonger:
[T]There is aplanto lengthen thesummertheaterworkshopto eightweeks.
(Definition oflengthenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflengthen

lengthen
Without lengthening this list unduly, one could quote many other examples of transept arms reserved for the use of the clergy.
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From a phonological viewpoint, moreover, the structure ad should favour, rather than inhibit, lengthening.
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We know, and the results confirmed, that lengthening the initial links (choice phase) has a dramatic and quantifiably predictable effect on preference.
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As this period lengthens the proportion who are still using their first method generally declines, 77% in their first year, 49% in their fourth year.
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As the triangle lengthens this angle will decrease, so the triangular form cannot exist indefinitely.
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Finnish children lengthened the consonant correctly in 157 of 202 words.
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Similarly, very heavy attack lengthened the crop cycle by 2-11%.
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The time is lengthened if a donor must be contacted, examined, and tested before finally having his/her stem cells harvested.
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If all radiology examinations were lengthened by 2 minutes, then the additional annual cost of radiographer staff time would be approximately £41,000.
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Moreover, the scene in question only lengthened the work without adding much interest to what it already offered.
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As well as the change of title and alteration of the central role, the play was lengthened into two acts.
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If parasites from a single infection event develop at differing rates, this essentially lengthens the overall duration of infection.
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The result could have been better for all joints in all configurations if the training time had been lengthened.
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Additionally, by lengthening the prismatic actuators, the dexterous workspace of the redundant manipulator significantly increases while the non-redundant manipulator's dexterous workspace does not change.
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If final stress cannot be avoided (due to underlying stress or an iambic stress system), final stress is not made more prominent by being lengthened.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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