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发音：[proʊˈlɔŋ]
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例句：
- If you want to describe the meaning—make something longer in time, extent, scope, or range, then you can use prolong.
- Emily has been traveling abroad for almost half a year, but she still wants to prolong her vocation.
- Critics said this move will prolong the region’s reliance on fossil fuels.
- The storm is forecast to complete a loop near the Northeast coast into Wednesday night, which will prolong adverse conditions, Accuweather reported.
- Nowadays, the young generation prefers to use social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, or Wechat to acquire news that facilitate them prolonging their career.
- Amazon is also planning to host its Prime Day shopping event in the fourth quarter this year, rather than the third, so as not to affect service to its customers who are relying on its service throughout the prolonged coronavirus crisis.
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解释：
- Prolong这个单词为动词，表示“to lengthen in time, extent, scope, or range”这一含义，即“延长/拖长/使…延展”，其与“lengthen/extend”这些单词构成近义词。注意：该单词在使用时多表示延长“时间/程度/范围”等这些抽象意义上的对象，与elongate/stretch（主要用于实体物理对象）之间存在用法差异。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- Pulling funding from the organization could do great damage and potentially prolong the ill-effects of the pandemic.（从该组织撤出资金可能会造成巨大损害，并可能延长大流行的不良影响。）
—Business - Such a scenario could force Australia into a hard landing that would be likely to prolong and deepen a downturn.（这种情况可能迫使澳大利亚陷入硬着陆，这可能会延长和加深经济衰退。）
—Economy - The bitter conflict between Protestants and Catholics, which had led to prolonged civil war in France, to the most terrible massacres and brutalities, had made all claims to truth seem partisan.（新教徒和天主教徒之间的激烈冲突导致了法国的长期内战以及最可怕的屠杀和暴行，使所有对真理的主张都显得有失偏颇。）
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