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。