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vt. 使延长；加长
vi. 延长；变长
vt.& vi.
延长；伸长；
变形
过去式：lengthened过去分词：lengthened现在分词：lengthening第三人称单数：lengthens
英英释义
lengthen[ 'leŋθən ]
v.
make longer
become long or longer
"In Spring, the days lengthen"
同近义词辨析
enlarge, extend, stretch, prolong, inflate, expand, increase, multiply, lengthen, add, augment, amplifyenlarge放大（照片）
extend 使…（在空间或时间上）更大，更长；伸长，伸展，延展；舒展（肢体），extend sth
stretch vt 拉长，撑大；绵延，延续
prolong人为的延长时间
inflate 使（轮胎、气球等）充气，膨胀，inflate sth (with sth)
expand 使…变大，扩大，扩展，expand sth into sth
increase 增加，增大（数目、数量、体积等），increase sth from…to…
multiply成倍的增加
lengthen指自然的延长时间或空间
add 加，添加，add sth to sth
augment vt 增多，增大，augment sth
amplify特指音量，电流等的扩大
extend, stretch, prolong, lengthen这组词都有“伸展，延长”的意思，其区别是：
extend指时间或空间的延长，也可指影响和使用范围等的扩大。
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。
lengthen指把长度或期限拉长或延长，其反义是shorten。
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
As for the Volvo's pricing advantage, competitors will also lengthen the luxury adjust strategy to meet the challenge.
而对于沃尔沃的定价优势，竞争对手也会调整加长豪华车的策略以应对挑战。
To save time is to lengthen life .
惜时即延寿。
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。
权威例句
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lengthen (v.)
late 14c., from length + -en (1). Related: Lengthened; lengthening. Earlier verb was simply length (c. 1300).
1. 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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2. 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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3. I need to lengthen this skirt.
我需要把裙子放长。
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4. Step 3: Lengthen the running.
第三步：延长跑步路程。
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5. To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
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6. The days are beginning to lengthen out.
白昼开始变长了。
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7. This [crisis] will lengthen and deepen the correction.
而这场危机延长及深化了这种惩罚。
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8. We also have mascara designed to lengthen the eyelashes.
我们也有一些助长睫毛的睫毛膏。
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9. Pinstripes, vertical stripes and subtle patterns can lengthen.
细条纹、垂直条纹和细微图案会显修长。
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10. Telomerase is an enzyme that can rebuild and lengthen telomeres.
端粒末端转移酶是一种可以重建并且延展端粒的酶。
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11. It is deep enough. She begins to widen, lengthen and shape the trench.
已足够深了，她开始将它扩展、延长并做成想要的样子。
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12. As sunset nears, cloud shadows lengthen, highlighting their structure.
随着日落的临近，云层的影子拉长，凸显出它们的层次。
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13. As a result, the alternative of global element names would lengthen tags.
因此，全局元素名称的可选择性使标记变长。
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14. When this attribute is set to on, it will slightly lengthen the sort keys.
在打开这个属性时，排序键会稍微增长。
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15. 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。
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16. Every terrorist plot, successful or foiled, seems to lengthen the gauntlet of checks.
似乎每一个恐怖计划，不管成功与否，都加长了安检时间。
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17. As lifespans lengthen, a person could still retire at, say, 66, but with a smaller annual benefit.
因为寿命延长，所以人们能在66岁退休，但获得相对少一些的年薪。
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18. And if you slowly lengthen the distance of your longest run, you can slowly build up endurance.
如果你慢慢的增加你的最长距离，你就可以慢慢增加你的耐力。
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19. Premature fiscal tightening, after all, could lengthen the recession, as Japan learned in the 1990s.
毕竟，过早实行财政紧缩政策将会延长衰退的时间，就像日本在90年代学到的那样。
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20. Other research suggests that meditation or other forms of stress reduction may lengthen telomeres.
其他研究显示，冥想或者其他减压形式会增大端粒长度。
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21. There has been deregulation, to lengthen shopping hours and to coax the long-term unemployed back into work.
虽然已经撤消了管制来延长商场营业时间，诱使长期失业人群重回工作岗位。
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22. The lines appear to lengthen and darken on rocky equator-facing slopes from late spring to early autumn.
在春季到初秋的时间里，这些线条长度会变长，在赤道周围的斜坡上所显现的颜色也会变得更深。
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23. She quickly learns to fear even the most mediocre staff member's evaluation, because it may lengthen her stay.
她很快学会害怕，甚至是最普通的工作人员的评估，因为它可能延长她驻留的时间。
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24. Ask her to lengthen the leash, lest you start seeing her as a restraint to happiness rather than the source of it.
建议他把链条放长一点，免得你把它看做是幸福的一种约束力而非源泉。
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25. Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
恶人却不得福乐，也不得长久的年日；这年日好像影儿，因他不敬畏神。
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26. The sad thing is that, while these cosmetic procedures are supposed to lengthen a performer's career, they often cut them short.
让人伤感的是，虽然这些整容手术的目的是为了延长演员的职业生涯中，但实际作用却相反。
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27. They lengthen slightly a list of Iranian officials and institutions on which various travel and financial restrictions are imposed.
他们稍稍增加了对各种旅游和金融进行限制的伊朗官员和机构的数量。
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28. You can nest another LinearLayout (or other type of view group) inside here, to lengthen the view hierarchy and create a more complex layout.
你可以在其中另外安置一个LinearLayout(或其它类型的视图组)，以延展这个视图层次，构建更复杂的布局。
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29. You can nest another LinearLayout (or other type of view group) inside here, to lengthen the view hierarchy and create a more complex layout.
你可以在其中另外安置一个LinearLayout(或其它类型的视图组)，以延展这个视图层次，构建更复杂的布局。
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