The prolonged drought in the region forced farmers to adopt new irrigation techniques to sustain their crops.
该地区长期的干旱迫使农民采用新的灌溉技术来维持作物生长。
- Prolonged drought followed by heavy rainfall is a common trigger for sudden sinkhole collapse.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
- It was caused partly by a prolonged drought and partly by farming practices that stripped away native grasses holding the soil in place.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “prolonged”?
B — Continuing for a long time. “prolonged” means continuing for a long time.
Which word means “continuing for a long time”?
D — prolonged. “prolonged” means continuing for a long time.
prolonged — continuing for a long time. In Chinese: 延长的，持久的.
prolonged is pronounced /prəˈlɒŋd/.
The prolonged drought in the region forced farmers to adopt new irrigation techniques to sustain their crops. (该地区长期的干旱迫使农民采用新的灌溉技术来维持作物生长。)
lengthy, extended, protracted — all close in meaning to prolonged (continuing for a long time).
brief, short — each the opposite of prolonged (continuing for a long time).
Yes. prolonged is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.