词汇精选:lengthen的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
v.
(使)延长,加长,变长 [I,T]
例句:
As winter gave way to spring the days began to lengthen.
冬去春来时,白天开始长了起来。
例句:
Surely you can lengthen the sleeves.
你可以把袖子放长一点,这没问题吧。
二、词义辨析:
extend,lengthen,stretch,prolong
这些动词含有“伸展,延长”或“延伸”之意。 extend指时间或空间的延长,也可指影响和使用范围等的扩大。 lengthen指把长度或期限拉长或延长,其反义是shorten。 stretch指长度的延伸以及宽度的增加。 prolong通常指时间上延长得超过了一般或正常的限度。
三、参考例句:
Surely you can lengthen the sleeves.
你可以把袖子放长一点,这没问题吧。
The two-way communication can lengthen the dialogue limitlessly.
这种双向交流可以无限制地延长对话。
One of the best ways to refresh a computer and lengthen its life is to replace the hard drive with a solid state drive.
更新并延长电脑寿命的一个方法就是用固态硬盘代替硬盘。
Inhale and lengthen your spine forward into a Half Standing Forward Bend, with your fingertips on the floor and gaze focused ahead.
吸气,收紧脊骨,身体向前呈站立前屈式,双臂伸直,指尖触地,眼睛注视前方。
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