She decided to prolong her stay in the city to explore more attractions.
她决定延长在城市的停留时间，以便探索更多的景点。
Choose the word that is closest in meaning to “prolong”:
B — extend. “prolong” means v. to extend the duration of something
Adding yet more speeches would only ______ the already tedious ceremony.
A — prolong. “prolong” means v. to extend the duration of something
prolong — v. to extend the duration of something. In Chinese: 延长，拖延.
prolong is pronounced /prəˈlɔːŋ/. It breaks into 2 syllables: pro · long.
She decided to prolong her stay in the city to explore more attractions. (她决定延长在城市的停留时间，以便探索更多的景点。)
extend, lengthen, protract, continue — all close in meaning to prolong (v. to extend the duration of something).
Yes. prolong appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
pro (forward) + long (long)