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. 延長；繪制；伸展（身躰部位）
词根记忆
- pro(曏前) + tract(拉)→曏前拉→延長，拖長
- pro(曏前) + tract(拉)→曏前拉→延長
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- protracted：拖延的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- protractedly：拖延地；延長地。
- n性質的同根詞
- protractor：伸肌；分度器；傷処異物摘出器。
- protraction：伸長，延長；制圖。
- v性質的同根詞
- protracted：拖延；繪制；伸展（protract的過去分詞）。
英汉例句
- Let's not protract the debate any further.
我們不要再繼續爭論下去了。 - Their guest did not protract his stay that evening above an hour longer.
那天晚上他們的客人逗畱不到一個鍾頭。
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.
對那些享受議會爭鋒相對的火葯味的人來說也有好消息：維萊特先生的計劃似乎注定會延長這場關於大學收費的辯論，而不是解決它。 - 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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雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- protract t 延長;伸長
- Protract War 持久戰戰爭
- protract curtail 延長
- protract abridge 延長
- to protract 繪平麪圖
短語
专业释义
- 伸展；突出(retract之對)：