lengthens

英 [ˈleŋθənz]

美 [ˈleŋθənz]

v.  (使)变长
lengthen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）加长；（使）伸长
  When somethinglengthensor when youlengthenit, it increases in length.
  1. The evening shadows were lengthening...
     残阳下的影子越拉越长。
  2. She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her...
     她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
  3. The runway had to be lengthened.
     跑道需要加长。
• V-ERG （使）（时间）延长；（使…）持续更长时间
  When somethinglengthensor when youlengthenit, it lasts for a longer time than it did previously.
  1. Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened...
     假期延长，工作周就缩短了。
  2. The council does not support lengthening the school day to fit in other activities.
     委员会不支持通过延长在校时间来插入其他活动。

双语例句

• As Citi points out, this reduces service and lengthens queues.
  正如花旗（citi）所指出的，这样做削减了服务，延长了结账队伍。
• The company believes its supplement works by stimulating an enzyme that lengthens telomeres, sequences at the ends of chromosomes.
  该公司认为，这种药的功效原理是刺激一种能够延长端粒的酵素，端粒是染色体尾端的序列。
• This movement lengthens your spine and tones the spinal nerves
  这一动作舒展脊椎，使脊神经更加强健。
• In design, a lot of work which involves collection, decomposition and classification, need to be done manual instead of using AutoCAD. This lengthens the period of design, and becomes the bottleneck of improve the design efficiency and quality.
  设计中有许多汇总、分解、归类的工作不能在AutoCAD中完成，这些工作需要设计者手工完成，这成为图纸设计效率与质量提高的瓶颈所存，从而影响了图纸设计周期。
• It also enhances the PM cycle and lengthens the life time of the pump and other equipment.
  因而可以减少机台的保养次数，同时可以延长相关设备的寿命。
• Having strong relationships lengthens life ( even more than quitting smoking!) and cuts the risk of depression.
  坚实的关系会延长寿命（甚至比戒烟都要长），减少抑郁风险。
• May form a complete set the choice to give the feed box, increases shaker's effective sieving area for the feed box application, simultaneously lengthens the feed end strainer service life;
  可配套选择给料箱，给料箱的应用增加振动筛的有效筛分面积，同时延长进料端筛网使用寿命；
• What sadness lengthens romeo's hours?
  有什么事让罗密欧如此的忧愁？
• Religion rounds out the man, literature broadens him, science lengthens him, philosophy flattens him.
  信仰使人率直，文学使他宽广，科学使他延伸，哲学使他平和。
• Nov.19.Winter sunshine lengthens the shadow.
  冬天的阳光将影子拉得好长好长。