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每日N词 | protract-延长;拖延 | 20161111
We had planned to stay only for lunch but, at our host’s insistence, we protracted our visit until after dinner.
我们本打算光留下来吃个中饭，但是在主人的坚持下，我们将拜访延迟到晚饭后。
▷protract [prə'trækt] （v.）
【释义】To protract something is to stretch it out. If you have a disagreement with a friend that you continue for weeks and weeks, you are protracting the argument.
to make something last longer
延长；拖延
Let's not protract the debate any further.
我们不要再继续争论下去了。
to plot lines and draw them using a scale and protractor
(用比例尺半圆规)画(线),画(角),制(图)
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