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

• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。