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

• In fact, the negotiations may even have picked up pace because the outburst brought home to everyone in the room how drawn-out the discussions had become.
  事实上，谈判甚至可能加快了节奏，因为她的突然爆发让会议室里的所有人认识到，讨论已经拖延了很长时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was tired of the long drawn-out arguments.
  他对那些冗长乏味的辩论感到厌烦。
• 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 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。
• They stay away from leading questions, charged words, and drawn-out statements.
  他们总是远离引导性的问题、充满感情的话语以及冗长的观点。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hate long drawn-out goodbyes.
  我厌恶冗长拖拉的告别。