kéo dài
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- 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.)