Definition

1. Verb:
   • To lengthen, to extend: To make something physically longer or to increase its duration.
   • To prolong, to drag on: To cause an event, situation, or process to continue for an undesirably or unexpectedly long time.
   • To stretch out: To extend something in space or time.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ quyết định kéo dài con đường này thêm 5 cây số. (They decided to extend this road by another 5 kilometers.)
  • Cuộc đàm phán có thể sẽ kéo dài trong nhiều ngày. (The negotiation may drag on for many days.)
  • Bác sĩ khuyên bệnh nhân kéo dài thời gian tập vật lý trị liệu. (The doctor advised the patient to prolong the physiotherapy sessions.)

Advanced Usage

• "kéo dài tình trạng": to prolong a state/condition.
  • Việc trì hoãn sẽ chỉ kéo dài tình trạng bất ổn. (The delay will only prolong the state of instability.)
• Used in formal or technical contexts to describe extending a line or segment in mathematics or geometry.

Variants and Related Words

• Kéo (v): to pull, to drag. This is the root verb, with "dài" (long) specifying the nature of the action.
• Kéo lê (v): to drag along (often physically or metaphorically).
  • Đứa trẻ kéo lê con gấu bông trên sàn. (The child dragged the teddy bear along the floor.)

Synonyms

• Prolong: To cause something to continue for a longer time.
• Extend: To make something longer or larger.
• Drag out: To cause something to last longer than necessary (often with a negative connotation).

Related Idioms

• Kéo dài lê thê: To drag on interminably, to be very long and drawn out.
  • Bài phát biểu kéo dài lê thê khiến mọi người mệt mỏi. (The speech dragged on interminably, making everyone tired.)

verb

1. to stretch; to lengthen; to drag on