lengthen
发音
英 [ˈleŋθən]
美 [ˈlɛŋθən, ˈlɛŋk-]
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- vt.& vi.
- 延长
- 伸长
单词词源
lengthen 加长
length,长度，-en,使。
双语例句
- 1. Encouraging medication compliance can lengthen a person 's lifespan .
- 鼓励服药依从性，可延长用药者的寿命。
- 2. Mr duncan is especially interested in proposals to lengthen the school day and year .
- 邓肯先生对几个延长上学日和上学年的提案尤其感兴趣。
- 3. 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抉择并延长它们的时间跨度。
- 4. 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。
- 5. There has been deregulation , to lengthen shopping hours and to coax the long-term unemployed back into work .
- 政府曾尝试撤销管制，延长营业时间，并劝说长期失业者重返工作岗位。