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prolong 【PROLONG】The old woman's life was prolonged by the doctor's good care. 靠着这大夫的悉心照料，那位老妇人的生命得以延长。【重点词汇】prolong v. 延长 反: reduce

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[prə'lɔːŋ] 
prolonglengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
I don't want to prolong this definition, so I'll keep it short. To prolong is to make something last longer or to stretch it out in time.
You see the word long in prolong and it's no trick. If you prolong an argument with a sibling, you make it longer than it naturally would be. Prolong always has to do with time. When you stretch  your neck or a piece of cloth to make it appear longer, you are elongating, not prolonging, it.
All forms of 'prolong' will appear on average once every 314 pages.prolongprolongationprolonged

Front	prolong
Pron	[prə'lɔːŋ]
Back	【PROLONG】 The old woman's life was prolonged by the doctor's good care. 靠着这大夫的悉心照料，那位老妇人的生命得以延长。【重点词汇】 prolong v. 延长反: reduce
Vocab	prolonglengthen in time; cause to be or last longer I don't want to prolong this definition, so I'll keep it short. To prolong is to make something last longer or to stretch it out in time. You see the word long in prolong and it's no trick. If you prolong an argument with a sibling, you make it longer than it naturally would be. Prolong always has to do with time. When you stretch your neck or a piece of cloth to make it appear longer, you are elongating, not prolonging, it. All forms of 'prolong' will appear on average once every 314 pages. prolong prolongation prolonged

Prolong Longer Make Stretch Time Prə'Lɔːŋ Woman's Life