英音
['leŋθən]

美音 [ˈlɛŋθən, ˈlɛŋk-]

vt.& vi. 延长;伸长
lengthen 记忆方法
lengthen相关的词根或词缀是:
long
lengthen延长,使变长v.
length 长度 + en 使… → 延长,使变长
lengthen 变化形式
第三人称单数: lengthens
过去式: lengthened
过去分词: lengthened
现在分词: lengthening
中文词源
lengthen 加长
length,长度,-en,使。
lengthen 用法和例句
- Encouraging medication compliance can lengthen a person 's lifespan .
- 鼓励服药依从性,可延长用药者的寿命。
- Mr duncan is especially interested in proposals to lengthen the school day and year .
- 邓肯先生对几个延长上学日和上学年的提案尤其感兴趣。
- They can choose from the patterns in the world and lengthen their time horizons .
- 他们能从世界上的模式中进行抉择并延长它们的时间跨度。
- The first is to lengthen the maturity of the wholesale debts that they have .
- 第一是延长所发行的批发债务的期限。
- There has been deregulation , to lengthen shopping hours and to coax the long-term unemployed back into work .
- 政府曾尝试撤销管制,延长营业时间,并劝说长期失业者重返工作岗位。