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 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。
• It also demonstrates that swift reform is often more effective than drawn-out and painful adjustments.
  它还表明，快速改革往往比拖拖拉拉的痛苦调整更有效。
• 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？
• IT is the morning after a particularly drawn-out hotpot dinner when I make an uncomfortable discovery.
  那是一个特别漫长的火锅宴之后的早上我有一个很不爽的发现。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even for seasoned job seekers, getting hired these days is a long, drawn-out process.
  如今，即使是经验丰富的求职者，找到一份工作也需一个漫长持久的过程。
• The eurozone economy is stuck in a long and drawn-out recession.
  欧元区经济正陷入旷日持久的衰退当中。
• Although her ugly divorce was drawn-out and expensive, she wants to move on with her life.
  虽然她的丑陋离婚拖得很久，很贵，但她还要面对生活，继续前进。
• I hate long drawn-out goodbyes.
  我厌恶冗长拖拉的告别。