同近义词辨析
enlarge, extend, stretch, prolong, inflate, expand, increase, multiply, lengthen, add, augment, amplify
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
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…
augment vt 增多，增大，augment sth
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。
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
Whale songs lengthen in response to sonarDe Jonghe B, Bastuji-Garin S, Sharshar T, et al. Does ICU-acquired paresis lengthen weaning from mechanical ventilationDoes ICU-acquired paresis lengthen weaning from mechanical ventilation?How does the benefit effect vary as unemployment spells lengthen?Drosophila doubletime mutations which either shorten or lengthen the period of circadian rhythms decrease the protein kinase activit...Entyvio lengthen dose-interval study: lengthening vedolizumab dose interval and the risk of clinical relapse in inflammatory bowel ...Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic PhonologySystem and method for communication of audio data over a packet-based networkGlacier surge mechanism based on linked cavity ...Low profile radiopaque stent with increased longitudinal flexibility and radial rigidity
