pad out

英 [pæd aʊt]

美 [pæd aʊt]

拉长…的篇幅

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拉长…的篇幅
  If youpad outa piece of writing or a speechwithunnecessary words or pieces of information, you include them in it to make it longer and hide the fact that you have not got very much to say.
  1. The reviewer padded out his review with a lengthy biography of the author...
     评论者在他的评论中添加了冗长的作者生平以拉长篇幅。
  2. If I wanted to pad out my sermon a little, I might offer my congregation one of my favourite quotations.
     如果我想把布道时间延长一点儿，可能会给教众引用一段我最喜欢的话。

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