prolongation

英 [ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃn]

美 [ˌproʊlɔːŋˈɡeɪʃn]

n.  延长; 延伸

复数：prolongations　

医学

BNC.26661 / COCA.31111

牛津词典

noun

• 延长；延伸
  the act of making sth last longer
  1. the artificial prolongation of human life
     对人类寿命的人为的延长

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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of prolonging something
  1. there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks
  Synonym:protractionperpetuationlengthening
• the consequence of being lengthened in duration
  Synonym:lengthinesscontinuationprotraction
• amount or degree or range to which something extends
  1. the wire has an extension of 50 feet
  Synonym:extensionlengthiness

双语例句

• Based on pilot enterprises, promote the prolongation of industrial chain, so as to build strong economic blocks.
  依托龙头企业，带动产业链条延伸，打造强势经济板块。
• That's a prolongation of the being in love which involves alterations which happen in human beings giving our nature, giving our physiology over the course of many years.
  这是恋爱期的延长，包括发生在人类间的改变，给我们自然，给我们生理学，过去多年的课程。
• So can anything be done to avoid the immediate and long-term costs of a further prolongation of the slump?
  那么，我们能否做出一些努力，来避免低迷进一步持续的短期和中期成本？
• It is to lighten that pathological damage of testes of cryptorchidism with prolongation of reset time.
  随着复位时间的延长，隐睾组织的病理损害有恢复的趋势。
• Bone transplantation and prolongation is useful and safety treatment for bone defects.
  骨迁移延长术是治疗肢体大段骨缺损安全有效的方法。
• The equivalent definitions of the first prolongation and the prolongational set of a set are discussed.
  利用拓扑分析方法给出延伸集与延伸极限集的等价定义及它们是连通的条件。
• The provisions of Rule XI shall be applied to the prolongation of the voyage occasioned by such removal.
  因此项转移而引起的航程延长，适用规则十一的规定。
• Long-QT syndromes are heritable diseases associated with prolongation of the QT interval on an electrocardiogram and a high risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular tachyarrhythmia.
  QT延长综合征属遗传性疾病，与心电图QT间期延长有关，也是室性快速性心律失常所致心源性猝死的高危因素之一。
• Germination examination indicated that the germination ability of mature chlamydospores reduced rapidly with prolongation of storage period.
  萌发试验表明，成熟的厚垣孢子会随着保存时间的延长萌发率急剧下降。
• Research strongly suggests that we can contribute to the prolongation of healthy life by altering our diets.
  研究有力证明我们通过改变饮食来达到健康生命的延长。