prolong
US: /pɹəˈɫɔŋ/
UK: /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
UK: /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
prolong /prolong/
- ngoại động từ
- kéo dài; nối dài; gia hạn
- to prolong a straigh line: kéo dài một đường thẳng
- to prolong a visit: kéo dài cuộc đi thăm
- to prolong a wall: nối dài thêm một bức tường
- phát âm kéo dài (một âm tiết...)
- kéo dài; nối dài; gia hạn
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[VN] to make sth last longer
Synonym: EXTEND
The operation could prolong his life by two or three years. + Don't prolong the agony (= of not knowing sth)-just tell us who won!
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
extend, lengthen, elongate, stretch (out), draw or drag out, drag (on), keep up, string out, protract:
Not wishing to prolong the agony, we left after the first act. Aunt Caroline prolonged her visit by yet another week.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
indefinitely
Might it be possible to prolong life indefinitely?
| artificially | deliberately
Doctors commented that some patients deliberately prolong their treatment.
| unduly, unnecessarily
We do not want to prolong the meeting unnecessarily.
Concise English dictionary
prolongs|prolonged|prolongingprə'lɔŋ /-'lɒŋ
verb
+lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
+lengthen or extend in duration or space
