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”:
C — 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 800+ words for the ISEE and SSAT.
pro (forward) + long (long)