lengthen
- vt. 使延长；加长
- vi. 延长；变长
[ 第三人称单数 lengthens 现在分词 lengthening 过去式 lengthened 过去分词 lengthened ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
lengthen /ˈlɛŋkθən/ TEM4 ( lengthening, lengthened, lengthens )
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V-T/V-I When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it increases in length. 使变长; 变长
例：The evening shadows were lengthening.
傍晚的影子正在变长。
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V-T/V-I When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it lasts for a longer time than it did previously. 使延长; 延长
例：Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened.
假期延长了，工作周变短了。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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When 28% of English children aged two to 15 are obese, a national shift on the scale achieved by Leeds would lengthen hundreds of thousands of lives.
英国2至15岁儿童中有28%患有肥胖症，利兹市所实现的全国性转变将延长数十万人的寿命。
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Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods.
传统观点似乎认为，企业在延长产品生命周期和减少销售新产品的收入方面是没有动力的。
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I need to lengthen this skirt.
我需要把裙子放长。
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International health groups say earlier treatment can lengthen the lives of HIV sufferers.
VOA: standard.2009.12.02
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That's the harmonic series that's on that, and what the valves do is they shorten and lengthen that vibrating column of air very much like the cello string on the fingerboard.
这就是圆号上的泛音列,活瓣的作用是增长或减短,空气柱的高度,很像大提琴指板上的弦
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