prolong
US /prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɑŋ/
・UK /prə'lɒŋ/
B2 中高級英檢高級多益
v.t.及物動詞延伸；延長；拖長；拖長音節的發音；髮長音
I tried to persuade Aunt Margaret to prolong her visit an extra day
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「噢，哇！」川普出言不遜威脅伊朗，CNN評論員驚呆！ (‘Ok, wow!’: Trump’s profane Iran threat stuns CNN panel)
- Let's not prolong this.
我們看到民調顯示大家不 favor 持續的衝突。
- Let's not prolong this.
我們看到民調顯示大家不 favor 持續的衝突。
美伊和平出現嚴重問題！ (Something is deeply wrong With US-Iran Peace)
- But that ceasefire is in the next two to three days, they will say that they have actually agreed on certain points but haven't agreed on more points, which is why they will just prolong the ceasefire probably for another few months, maybe two months, maybe three months, until the world will stop talking about it or until it's not going to be as popular as it's today, until the midterms are over,
連伊朗都證實了，是的，在停火之前，我們會讓海峽保持開放，
- They will say that they have actually agreed on certain points but haven't agreed on more points, which is why they will just prolong the ceasefire probably for another few months, maybe two months, maybe three months until the world will stop talking about it or until it's not going to be as popular as it's today, until the midterms are over,
他們會說他們已經同意了某些點，但還沒同意更多點，這就是為什麼他們可能會再延長幾個月的停火，可能兩個月，可能三個月，直到世界不再談論這件事，或者直到它不像今天這麼受關注，直到期中選舉結束，
第四集：牠們可愛到讓你融化！ (Episode 4: They Are Otterly Adorable)
- The issue that we had at that time was there was not really any more room at the inn for for a lack of a better way of expressing that the Monterey folks work with the the Association of Zoos and Aquariums they have a group that specializes on kind of knowing everything there is to know about sea otters and and which facilities might have space to accept not only space but also expertise to accept very young sea otter pups and when Cruz abandoned was and when Cruz was was recovered there were really no more opportunities to place and so he was when the when the stranding folks get to that situation their their only choice at that point is humane euthanasia if there's not a space in the surrogacy program there's not a space at an accredited facility then the most humane thing to do at that point is to is to put that that pup down unfortunately which makes you know it's it's hard to wrap your mind around that this is a threatened species why could you do that but it's it's it is the most responsible thing to do we had staff out there caring for Bixby at the time and I got a phone call late it's like they just came up there's another young pup it's a male male sea otters are a little bit more they take a little bit more ingenuity I guess and and they're a bit more of a challenge to manage sometimes and so there we have to be careful with the the dynamic that we have in terms of the number of males and females that we would manage here with our with our exhibit but we made the choice at that time that you know this animal was was destined to be put down to be euthanized and you know we had our hands full with with two sea otters that we had that we were taking on already but we made the choice to to extend and do we do we did there and and and save that little sea otter and brought him back with Bixby on a private plane and and it never looked back he's he's an amazing amazing animal that we've learned a lot from well Dennis I'm not gonna lie you know through throughout that story you just told I'm kind of hearing some some Sarah McLaughlin in the background this kind of has that is there that SPCA kind of commercial vibe to it I mean when you think about these animals there they are undeniably probably one of the most adorable species not just here at the aquarium but but on the planet but when you hear about how much that they're going through you know hear about habitat loss when you hear about that how difficult the you know rehab and rehabilitation you know process is for them it's a lot different than like a California sea lion that can go out into a group and basically learn from the group so it seems like these animals have a lot kind of going against them yes but it's really cool to know that there's actually a whole bunch of people ourselves included that care very much about these critters and especially in that story just there when when the alternative was you know the animal not being here anymore that the decision was made to to prolong that animals life and now he's you know a private plane to Atlanta and now live in the suite life here in the cold water quest gallery I mean that's that's very much a positive so so what can our listeners with all of that being said what is one positive impact that our our listeners and our visitors can can have on southern sea otters well what is a you know one or a couple things that can you know kind of help this species out that any any person can can do yeah that's a great question Josh and that's something that's really a powerful message for us when we have these sea otters here in Atlanta they they're viewable visible to millions of guests every year and there are they are as I've said a very powerful conservation kind of case and the message is very simple and it's something that you hear a lot you know everybody has a role to play our goal here is is to inspire people to care about these animals we obviously care about them we want to do everything possible to make sure that these are animals that that that live for generations you know with without impact based on our activities but the honest truth is our activities have an impact on these animals and with the case of the southern sea otter there's a there's a number of things unfortunately these are animals that are succumbing or being exposed more and more to runoff related to agricultural runoff but also curiously they're very susceptible to a parasite called toxoplasmosis if you you might know of it through it's it's one of the reasons that if you're an expect it's one of the reasons that if you're an expectant mother you're not supposed to change or tend to your cat's litter box it's a it's a parasite that is is transmissible through cat feces and so what we're seeing is sea otters are coming up with this toxoplasmosis they're exposed to this toxoplasma and that's that's having an issue on that creates a lot of neurological issues for them they just they're not equipped to handle it and so we're seeing issues with people poorly or improperly disposing of their their pet waste essentially it's creating an issue for them probably related somewhat to just the population of that exists along that same coastline the number of cats number of pets feral or otherwise and and so that's an issue but also marine debris these are animals that are very curious and they they're they're actually one of the few species actually that use tools to to to help their efforts in getting into the hard-shelled invertebrates that they eat they'll go down and bring up a clam but also bring up a rock and smash the clam against the rock but they use other things and they're very curious in their environment and so when they're people are using a lot of single-use plastic bags those tend to unfortunately end up in the ocean and these are animals that there's there's animals that are you know photographed with bags on their head you know essentially not surviving that sort of interaction with with marine debris and so just being careful of what we're utilizing in our day-to-day lives trying to take every effort to use things that are more and are less likely to end up in the ocean and end up being an issue for these animals and the other animals that live in the marine environment so basically if you live in California or are visiting the coast of California just pick up after yourself and pick up after your pet and that can actually make a world of difference to these animals to these animals but but also again everybody has a role to play you know every every stream leads to the ocean and so even though we're hundreds of miles away from the ocean guests or residents of Atlanta have have a role to play too because it's not just a sea otter it's a sea turtle it's it's you know whales that are that are washing up with stomachs full of plus of single-use plastics sea otters or sorry sea turtles that are watching up with straws up there up their nose and things like that so lots of lots of decisions that people have to make in their day-to-day lives but understanding that you know just cutting back helps it makes a big difference right all good very very very good points there so Dennis thank you very much I've learned a way more about these animals than I worked here for almost seven years now and I learned a lot today about these incredible critters so before you go you do as we mentioned in the very beginning you do care for all of the adorable critters here at the aquarium out of all of them all those species and it honestly it might be the sea otter but what is your what's your favorite put me on the spot what is your favorite it's like you don't have a favorite child you know you can't answer yeah but you kind of do you got to do the honest answer is it probably depends on the day I find I just like a child just like a child it depends on what's what's going on you know right right now to be honest with you as a sitting here we have five little pufflings that have been hatched over the last last couple weeks and I'd say I'm kind of infatuated with watching my phone or little nest cams watching these little puffballs grow so quickly so I'm definitely into that sea otters are always a favorite anybody that maybe watched this watch the show or knows me knows that I'm a fan of our harbor seals and Rose our little female specifically is one that always gets me I spend time every day saying hi to her for sure she is adorable she's adorable yeah so didn't really answer your question it's okay nobody really has because everyone everyone's trying to yeah we have a lot of incredible animals here it's really it's really hard to favorite animals I've ever worked with is helping the OV team with with the manta rays behind us here just I mean they're all they're all very very they get to me yeah I mean this is a you know it's this is a very special place and obviously over 17 years you've been a huge part of this aquariums history and you've you know dedicated your life in the past 17 years of your life to to these to these incredible animals while you know having a family of you have your own kids and things like that that you're caring for so you're taking care of actually I just learned that puffling is a word unless you made that up nope that is the actual scientific term baby puff baby puffin a puffin chick is a puffling that's the cutest thing on the planet pretty sure you got that from Harry Potter but that's fine nope so with all of that with 17 years of history at this facility I'm gonna put you on the spot again what's your favorite memory of this place my favorite memory yeah favorite experience favorites just what flooding yeah there was a flood no no just the memories are oh okay good I was gonna say well that would be memorable honestly actually you know some of these transports you know being able to to go out in the field and be able to you know work with these animals and bring them back here and the the planning and all the expertise and just you know just takes a lot to pull that off and being in the role that I am or that that's my responsibility it's it's to see that kind of happen and the animals come here and they make it into the into the into the habitats and seeing them you know thrive is all the memories kind of flood back to those moments so with respect to you know maybe the last sea otter transport was probably one of them and it was you know nice you know to get sea otters to Atlanta from California you have to you know there's a lot that goes into moving them they have to stay cold we've learned that the best way is just to charter a private plane so it's a sounds a little bougie I guess but it is for their own best interest we can get get a sea otter pup here in a couple of hours from the coast of California which is which is what what they need and so the last time when we were moving Gibson and Mara it was a beautiful plane I was I felt kind of bad because we were like moving all these like wet things and chests of ice on this plane that I once we were in the air I learned the charter before us I don't know if I'm allowed to say this or not but it was Bruno Mars was taken to to Hawaii in that same plane so just a little bit uh so it was it was Bruno Mars's plane and it wasn't it wasn't Taylor Swift's no nice because in a previous episode we talked to Andy from the the sea lion team but I remember from all the old footage you were a part of yeah those those guys coming here so as the listeners know I started my career at Georgia Aquarium here in Atlanta with our sea lion team so all the little guys that I cared for when I first started back in 2016 here were all animals that literally you had just brought from California months before yeah yeah we could sit here for a couple hours just talking about animal transports and things like that yeah for sure but yeah Neptune and Jupiter were animals that I brought back I remember seeing Andy at the facility where those animals were being housed at the time he was here so he's in the same footage in a different role but yeah very cool well I mean I think now I think we have a reason for you to come back I think that we could have a part two to talk all about good transports you've done great today so Dennis thank you so much for joining us today and yeah thank you all for listening in we'll see you next time
我們當時遇到的問題是，因為沒有更好的表達方式，蒙特雷人與動物園和水族館協會合作，他們有一個小組，專門負責瞭解有關海獺的一切，以及哪些設施可能有空間接受幼年海獺。當克魯茲被遺棄時 當克魯茲被救回時 真的沒有更多的機會了 所以當擱淺的海獺被救回時 他們唯一的選擇就是人道安樂死如果代孕計劃中沒有空位，認可的設施中也沒有空位，那麼最人道的做法就是將幼崽安樂死，不幸的是，這讓你很難理解，這是一個瀕臨滅絕的物種，你為什麼要這麼做，但這是最負責任的做法。當時我們的工作人員在那裡照顧比克斯比 我很晚才接到一個電話 就好像
- And especially in that story just there, when the alternative was the animal not being here anymore, that the decision was made to prolong that animal's life, and now he's a private plane to Atlanta and now living the sweet life here in the Coldwater Quest Gallery, I mean, that's very much a positive.
第一部 – 詹姆斯·費尼莫爾·庫珀《最後的莫西幹人》有聲書 (章節 01-05)！ (Part 1 - The Last of the Mohicans Audiobook by James Fenimore Cooper (Chs 01-05))
- and, if he hath music in his soul, let us not curleachly reject his company." She pointed persuasively along the path with her riding whip, while her eyes met in a look which the young man lingered a moment to prolong.
當在他們欽佩的戰友們的視野中，同樣的驕傲陣容和有序編隊被觀察到，直到他們的長笛聲在遠處漸弱，
- in a look which the young man lingered a moment to prolong; then, yielding to her
在一個年輕人停留片刻以延長的眼神中；然後，屈服於她的
以色列總理納坦雅胡：伊朗「比以往任何時候都更弱」！| BBC News (Israeli PM Netanyahu says Iran 'weaker than it's ever been' | BBC News)
- It might prolong the war in a way.
大約四年前俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭後，他們就看向了像卡達這樣的中東國家。
- But it's ultimately the lifeline that the Iranian government is relying on financially, which, again, it might prolong the war in a way.
但這最終是伊朗政府在財政上依賴的生命線，這可能會以某種方式延長戰爭。
情況只會越來越糟… 😨 (Things are only getting worse…)
- Secondly, Russia is interested for this conflict to prolong for as long as possible, since they are also very dependent on oil prices, and high oil prices is going to fill their budget with hundreds of billions of dollars.
其次，俄羅斯希望這場衝突越長越好，因為他們也非常依賴石油價格，而高油價將為他們帶來數千億美元的預算。
- Secondly, Russia is interested for this conflict to prolong for as long as possible, since they are also very dependent on oil prices,
你沒有通貨膨脹的政府開支，這意味著我們在過去兩年半里所做的一切都將毫無用處。
