prolong
US /prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɑŋ/
・UK /prə'lɒŋ/
B2TOEIC
v.t.Transitive VerbTo make continue for a longer amount of time
I tried to persuade Aunt Margaret to prolong her visit an extra day
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Healthy living and DNA: BBC News Review
- We have 'prolong', 'offset' and 'tweaks'.
We have 'prolong', 'offset' and 'tweaks'.
- Vast study shows healthy living could prolong the lives of some by five years.
Vast study shows healthy living could prolong the lives of some by five years.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Full Audiobook
- It is useless, and the time awfully fails me, to prolong this description;
It is useless, and the time awfully fails me, to prolong this description;
- and the time awfully fails me to prolong this description;
and the time awfully fails me to prolong this description;
American INTONATION - What They don't Teach You in School | The Secrets of Native Speakers
- where I'm gonna go higher pitch and I'm
gonna prolong them. Let's look at another
where I'm gonna go higher pitch and I'm gonna prolong them. Let's look at another
- It's not enough, so I have to invest less energy in those function words to be able to go through them smoothly and then be ready for the next content word, where I'm going to go higher in pitch and I'm going to prolong them.
It's not enough, so I have to invest less energy in those function words to be able to go through them smoothly and then be ready for the next content word, where I'm going to go higher in pitch and I'm going to prolong them.
Martin Luther King Jr I've Been to the Mountaintop
- You know, whenever Pharaoh wanted to prolong the period of slavery in Egypt, he had a favorite, favorite formula for doing it.
You know, whenever Pharaoh wanted to prolong the period of slavery in Egypt, he had a favorite, favorite formula for doing it.
- You know, whenever Pharaoh wanted to prolong the period of slavery in Egypt, he had a favorite,
You know, whenever Pharaoh wanted to prolong the period of slavery in Egypt, he had a favorite,
Why So Many Chinese Students Come to America
- Students also complain about a so-called "international tax," where schools place a greater emphasis on English courses to prolong their studies.
Students also complain about a so-called "international tax," where schools place a greater emphasis on English courses to prolong their studies.
- on English courses to prolong their studies.
on English courses to prolong their studies.
Eternal Peace and Good Health
- He also experiments with biotechnology to prolong the shelf life of the noodles without adding preservatives.
He also experiments with biotechnology to prolong the shelf life of the noodles without adding preservatives.
- to prolong the shelf-life of the noodles 讓麵條即使不加防腐劑
to prolong the shelf-life of the noodles 讓麵條即使不加防腐劑
Signs You're Healing Even if You Don't Think So
- But whatever you resist, you prolong.
But whatever you resist, you prolong.
- But whatever you resist, you prolong.
But whatever you resist, you prolong.
How empathy works - and sympathy can't
- The problem with sympathy is that it's based on the three things that worsen and prolong the bad situation that the person is in: pity, victim status, and
The problem with sympathy is that it's based on the three things that worsen and prolong the bad situation that the person is in: pity, victim status, and
- The problem with sympathy is that it's based on the three things that worsen and prolong the bad situation that the person is in.
The problem with sympathy is that it's based on the three things that worsen and prolong the bad situation that the person is in.
Sexless Men
- Prolong the inevitable.
Prolong the inevitable.
- Prolong the inevitable.
Prolong the inevitable.
You can help reverse the overdose epidemic
- If I give a person a tool that can potentially prolong their life, they're going to think about their decisions now.
If I give a person a tool that can potentially prolong their life, they're going to think about their decisions now.
- If I give a person a tool that can potentially prolong their life, they're going to think about their decisions now.
If I give a person a tool that can potentially prolong their life, they're going to think about their decisions now.