"We prolonged our stay"
"She extended her visit by another day"
"The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
例句
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
To protract the suspense, he paused for a considerable period of time before telling us the result of the experiment. 是為了拉長制造懸念,他在提醒企業檢測沒想到剛剛停頓了相當于1段耗時。
經典引文
This they did merely to protract time.
選自: W. Robertson