prolongs

英 [prəˈlɒŋz]

美 [prəˈlɔːŋz]

v.  延长
prolong的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 延长；拉长；拖长
  Toprolongsomething means to make it last longer.
  1. Mr Chesler said foreign military aid was prolonging the war...
     切斯勒先生说国外的军事援助拉长了战事。
  2. The actual action of the drug can be prolonged significantly.
     这种药物实际起作用的时间可以大大延长。

双语例句

• Modern medicine prolongs peoples life and relieves patients of sufferings from many diseases.
  贤才医学延长了人们的生命，减轻了人们的忍受疾病的痛苦。
• The utility model protects the enamel of the teeth and prolongs the service life of the toothbrush.
  本设计既保护牙齿的牙釉质，又延长了牙刷的使用寿命。
• A display of false modesty about its influence prolongs the delay and encourages disputes.
  中国对于自身影响力表现出虚假的谦逊，只会拖延谈判和加剧分歧。
• Protecting the banks themselves, however, only prolongs the problem.
  然而，保护银行本身只是拖延了问题。
• The evidence is overwhelming that this does no good for the patient; it neither prolongs life nor improves the quality of life by preventing pneumonia or healing pressure ulcers, for example.
  压倒性证据表明，这一做法对患者并无任何益处；例如，防止发生肺炎或治疗褥疮，既不能延长生命，也不会改善生命质量。
• The universal joint assembly improves the integral property of the universal joint, and prolongs the service span.
  提高了万向节的整体性能，并延长了其使用寿命。
• The existence of a flange at the periphery of the cooling plate also reduces the abrasion of the cooling plate, and prolongs the service life of the cooling plate.
  冷却板周边的凸缘的存在，也减小了冷却板的磨损，延长了其使用寿命。
• Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man.& Nietzsche.
  希望是最邪恶的魔鬼，他不断延长着人们的痛苦。&尼采。
• We loathe the daily bread that prolongs useless existence.
  我们憎恨每天的饮食，因为是这些东西使我们拖延着无用的生命。
• It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.
  他能延长人类的寿命，扩大人类的生存空间！