protract
音标发音
- 英式音标 [prə'trækt]
- 美式音标 [proˈtrækt, prə-]
- 国际音标 [prə'trækt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 延长；绘制；伸展（身体部位）
词根记忆
- pro(向前) + tract(拉)→向前拉→延长，拖长
- pro(向前) + tract(拉)→向前拉→延长
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- protracted：拖延的。
- adv性质的同根词
- protractedly：拖延地；延长地。
- n性质的同根词
- protractor：伸肌；分度器；伤处异物摘出器。
- protraction：伸长，延长；制图。
- v性质的同根词
- protracted：拖延；绘制；伸展（protract的过去分词）。
英汉例句
- Let's not protract the debate any further.
我们不要再继续争论下去了。 - Their guest did not protract his stay that evening above an hour longer.
那天晚上他们的客人逗留不到一个钟头。
putclub.org - There is good news, then, for those who enjoy parliamentary pyrotechnics: Mr Willetts’s plan seems destined to protract the debate over university funding rather than resolve it.
对那些享受议会争锋相对的火药味的人来说也有好消息：维莱特先生的计划似乎注定会延长这场关于大学收费的辩论，而不是解决它。 - The alternative is to protract the collective suffering with short-term deficit reductions that only guarantee bigger deficits in the future.
FORBES: Credit Counselors Face Challenges of Their Own -- Just When They're Needed Most - There is good news, then, for those who enjoy parliamentary pyrotechnics: Mr Willetts's plan seems destined to protract the debate over university funding rather than resolve it.
ECONOMIST: Paying for university - Remember, ultimately, the United States fights short wars brilliantly and long wars poorly, and the enemy knows that, and therefore, his object here is to use the suicide bomber to protract the campaign, affect the will of the Iraqi people and preserve his force in being.
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双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- protract t 延长;伸长
- Protract War 持久战战争
- protract curtail 延长
- protract abridge 延长
- to protract 绘平面图
短语
英英字典
- to lengthen or extend (a speech, etc) prolong in time
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 伸展；突出(retract之对)：