drawn-out

英 [ˌdrɔːn ˈaʊt]

美 [ˌdrɔːn ˈaʊt]

adj.  拖得太久的;冗长的

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• As Western countries 'warplanes bombed Libya again on Monday in the biggest military attack against an Arab country since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the oil market slowly came to terms with an ominous threat: a long, drawn-out war.
  随着西方国家的战机周一再次轰炸利比亚这是2003年入侵伊拉克以来，西方对阿拉伯国家规模最大的军事打击石油市场慢慢接受了一个不祥之兆：一场旷日持久的战争。
• Mr Obama has said he would not tolerate a second drawn-out negotiation over the debt limit with Republicans as the US heads into another political budget battle.
  奥巴马表示，在美国即将迎来又一场围绕预算的政治角力之际，他无法容忍再次与共和党人就债务上限问题陷入旷日持久的谈判。
• The Labor Department's report, released Friday, showed the terrible toll the drawn-out recession is having on workers and companies.
  劳工部周五公布的报告，显示了员工和公司在这旷日持久的经济衰退中正遭受可怕的损失。
• 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。
• 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。
• Voluntary euthanasia was a later concern, this one strengthened by watching his mother's drawn-out death in1977.
  自愿安乐死是他后期的一个关注点，在他1977年亲眼目睹自己的母亲痛苦的死去后，他便更执着于此了。
• He never liked drawn-out good-byes.
  他向来不喜欢缠缠绵绵的告别。
• But when debt markets collapse, there inevitably follows a long drawn-out conversation about who should bear the losses.
  但当债券市场崩溃时，不可避免地会出现冗长乏味的讨论，主题是应该由谁来承担损失。