protract是什么意思_protract怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

中英词源

protract 拖延，延长

pro-,向前，-tract,拉，词源同draw,tractor.

protract (v.): 1530s, a back-formation from protraction and in part from Latin protractus, past participle of protrahere "to draw forth, prolong." Etymologically identical with portray, which was altered in French. Related: Protracted; protracting.

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词态变化

第三人称单数 protracts;
过去式 protracted;
过去分词 protracted;
现在分词 protracting;

权威造句

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.

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

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.

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

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.

近反义词

aggrandize 增加

amplify 扩大

draw out 抽出

extend 延伸

prolong 延长

spin out 尽力维持一些日子, 拖长...

drag out 拖延

stretch out 伸出

expand 使 ... 膨胀

lengthen 加长

delay 耽搁

相似短语

protract a debate 【法】延长辩论

单词分析

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记忆方法

1、pro- "forward" + tract-.
2、字面意思为：draw forward, prolong.

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