Lengthen
[ 'lɛŋθən ]
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vt.& vi. 延长;伸长;
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length长度+en变成 →使延长，伸长
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Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.
请裁缝把这条裙子放长。
The farmers try hard to lengthen the service life of their farm tools.
农民们想尽一切办法延长农具的使用年限。
shorten [lengthen] one's grip
短握 [长握] 球棒
Ask the tailor to lengthen my coat because it is too short for me.
让裁缝把我的大衣放长些,我穿着太短了。
Ask the tailor to lengthen this skirt.
请裁缝把这条裙子放长。
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📖 牛津释义
lengthen
v [I, Tn] (cause sth to) become longer （使某物）变长
The days start to lengthen in March. 三月份白昼开始变长.
lengthen a skirt 把裙子放长. Cf 参看 shorten.
🔁 扩展释义
*['leŋθәn]vt. 加长, 使延长vi. 变长【机】 延长
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I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like
恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。
Both Maori and Pacifice Islanders are encouraged to use their own languages.
政府鼓励毛利人与太平洋岛民使用他们自己的语言。
We spent some time looking around under the trees for some wood.
我们花了些时间在树下四周找木柴。