Protracted - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Persist in an activity or process.

Примеры использования:

He was unable to continue with his job

verb

To keep happening or to keep doing something without stopping

Примеры использования:

[ + to infinitive ] if it continues to rain, we may have to cancel the outdoor concert., [ + to inf…

phrasal verb

Make more sociable

phrasal verb

To cause something to last longer than is usual or necessary

Примеры использования:

The trial was drawn out because of the need to translate everything., she was good at drawing out y…

phrasal verb

To get money from a bank or an account so that you can use it

Примеры использования:

The bank allows us to draw out £500 a week.

verb

Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.

Примеры использования:

An artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings

adjective

Long in relation to width; elongated.

Примеры использования:

Elongate fishes

verb

To become or make something become longer, and often thinner

Примеры использования:

The cells elongate as they take in water., acanthoclinus are elongate fishes.

adjective

Having or seeming to have no end or limit.

Примеры использования:

Endless ocean wastes

adjective

If something is endless, it never finishes or seems never to finish because it continues for so long

Примеры использования:

When i was a child, the summers seemed endless., education policy is endlessly debated.

adjective

Never finishing, or never seeming to finish

Примеры использования:

There have been endless meetings about this problem., we've had orders from brazil, china, india, s…

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Примеры использования:

The car park has been extended

verb

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb

To reach, continue, or stretch

Примеры использования:

[ i ] farmland extends for miles in every direction., [ i ] the meeting extended into the late hour…

adjective

Made larger; enlarged.

Примеры использования:

An extended kitchen and new balcony

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Примеры использования:

The car park has been extended

adjective

Long or longer than usual

Примеры использования:

There will be extended election day coverage on the evening news., they’re taking an extended vacat…

adjective

Endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically).

Примеры использования:

We got bogged down in interminable discussions

adjective

Continuing for too long and seeming never to end

Примеры использования:

Interminable arguments, they talked interminably.

verb

Make or become longer.

Примеры использования:

The mascara will lengthen your lashes

verb

To make something longer, or to become longer

Примеры использования:

[ t ] i’ll have to lengthen this skirt., [ i ] in the late afternoon, the shadows of the haystacks …

verb

Make or become longer.

Примеры использования:

The mascara will lengthen your lashes

adjective

(especially in reference to time) of considerable or unusual length, especially so as to be tedious.

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Lengthy delays

Extended in duration

adjective

Taking a long time

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A lengthy speech

adjective

Lasting for a long time or slow to end.

Примеры использования:

There are still some lingering doubts in my mind

verb

Stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.

Примеры использования:

She lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine

adjective

Lasting a long time

Примеры использования:

She gave him a long, lingering kiss., she says she stopped seeing him, but i still have lingering d…

adjective

Measuring a great distance from end to end.

Примеры использования:

A long corridor

adverb

(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good ).

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Примеры использования:

She longed for a little more excitement

adjective

Taking more time than is necessary

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A long-drawn-out process

noun

A long-distance running race, strictly one of 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km).

Примеры использования:

I was due to run the marathon the next day

noun

A long race, run on roads, of 26.2 miles or 42.2 kilometers

Примеры использования:

The new york city marathon begins in staten island and ends in manhattan’s central park., a dance m…

adjective

Something that is never-ending never ends or seems as if it will never end

Примеры использования:

Writing a dictionary is a never-ending task.

adjective

Too long.

Примеры использования:

An overlong sermon

adverb

For too long.

Примеры использования:

The pass was delayed overlong

adjective

Too long

Примеры использования:

The last song on the album is brilliantly performed but overlong.

verb

Make (something) continue indefinitely.

Примеры использования:

The confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence

verb

To cause something to continue

Примеры использования:

The movie perpetuates stereotypes of small-town life.

verb

Extend the duration of.

Примеры использования:

An idea which prolonged the life of the engine by many years

verb

To make something last a longer time

Примеры использования:

They’re trying to prolong their lives., grasslands were damaged by the prolonged drought.

adjective

Continuing for a long time or longer than usual; lengthy.

Примеры использования:

The region suffered a prolonged drought

verb

Extend the duration of.

Примеры использования:

An idea which prolonged the life of the engine by many years

adjective

Continuing for a long time

Примеры использования:

Prolonged use of the drug is known to have harmful side-effects.

adjective

Moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.

Примеры использования:

Until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy

adverb

At a slow pace; slowly.

Примеры использования:

The train went slower and slower

verb

Reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.

Примеры использования:

The train slowed to a halt

adjective

Continuing for an extended period or without interruption.

Примеры использования:

Several years of sustained economic growth

verb

Strengthen or support physically or mentally.

Примеры использования:

This thought had sustained him throughout the years

adjective

Continuing for a time

Примеры использования:

Sustained applause, we’ll have to make a sustained effort to finish this job on time.