drawn-out

英 [ˌdrɔːn ˈaʊt]

美 [ˌdrɔːn ˈaʊt]

adj.  拖得太久的;冗长的

Collins.1

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 拖得太久的;冗长的
  You can describe something asdrawn-outwhen it lasts or takes longer than you would like it to.
  1. Pulling out of a recession is a lengthy and drawn-out process...
     从经济衰退中走出来需要漫长的过程。
  2. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
     通往和平的道路将很漫长。

英英释义

adj

• (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
• relatively long in duration
  1. a drawn-out argument
  2. an extended discussion
  3. a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
  4. a prolonged and bitter struggle
  5. protracted negotiations
  Synonym:extendedlengthyprolongedprotracted

双语例句

• The long drawn-out conflict between the employers and workers led to the strike last week.
  劳资之间旷日持久的纠纷导致了上周的罢工。
• They're willing to drag my family through a long, drawn-out trial?
  他们存心想让我们一家卷入漫长的官司？
• The patient Bull won't have a problem plodding through educational books or drawn-out suspense thrillers.
  耐心的金牛座读枯燥的教育性书籍或漫长的悬念小说一点问题都没有。
• The ADB report says that, even if the markets may have reached bottom, the eventual recovery could still be drawn-out.
  亚洲开发银行的报告指出，即使市场可能已经触底，最终的复苏可能也要拖很长时间。
• That was the comment from a friend of mine last week, obviously referring to lampard's drawn-out contract renegotiations.
  这是上周我的一个朋友的评论，显然说的是有关兰帕德最近推迟了合同谈判的事。
• He never liked drawn-out good-byes.
  他向来不喜欢缠缠绵绵的告别。
• Without a long drawn-out period of cheap money from the government, the bulls 'case begins to fall apart.
  没有政府长期提供廉价资金，多头看多的理由就要分崩离析了。
• Direct the breath slowly across the back of your throat with a drawn-out HA sound.
  引导向外的气息用一个延长的ha的声音慢慢的越过你喉咙的后面。
• For many others, the past couple of years have been a drawn-out hangover, gradually recovering from an over-indulgence of borrowings.
  对于其它许多企业来说，过去这两、三年可谓一场宿醉，它们花了很长时间，才逐渐从对举债的过度沉迷中苏醒过来。
• I hate long drawn-out goodbyes.
  我厌恶冗长拖拉的告别。