drag out

英 [dræɡ aʊt]

美 [dræɡ aʊt]

不必要地拖延; 使持续过久; 套…的话; 说服…说出

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 不必要地拖延;使持续过久
  If youdragsomethingout, you make it last for longer than is necessary.
  1. The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years...
     公司愿意将诉讼拖上几年。
  2. Let's get it over with as soon as possible, rather than drag it out.
     我们尽快把它完成吧，不要再拖了。
• PHRASAL VERB 套…的话;说服…说出
  If youdragsomethingout ofa person, you persuade them to tell you something that they do not want to tell you.
  1. The families soon discovered that every piece of information had to be dragged out of the authorities.
     这些家庭很快发现每条消息都得从有关当局口中套出来。

英英释义

verb

• proceed for an extended period of time
  1. The speech dragged on for two hours
  Synonym:dragdrag on
• last unnecessarily long
  Synonym:drag on

双语例句

• Jewel rescues the animals in the barn, then risks his life to drag out Addie's coffin.
  宝石拯救动物的谷仓，那么他的生命风险拖延员的棺木。
• He has also helped drag Germany out of its comfort zone.
  他也出力把德国拽出了其“适宜区间”（comfortzone）。
• He only told me her name, and I had to drag that out of him.
  他只告诉了我她的名字，但我得劝他把那件事都说出来。
• The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years
  公司愿意将诉讼拖上几年。
• If he wants it that way I'll reach in and drag him out.
  如果他想那样，我会进去把他拽出来。
• However, the central bank warned the 18-month housing slump could drag out.
  然而，美联储警告称，为期18个月的住宅市场低迷状况可能会持续下去。
• But all we said, not a word could we drag out of him.
  但是，随我们说千说万，都套不出他一句话来。
• I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
  我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
• She is going to drag out the engagement, in the hope of making me relent.
  她想把婚约拖下去，打算这样来使我让步。
• I don't want to drag out this meeting, so could we run through the main points quickly?
  我不想延长这个会议，所以我们能不能迅速地将要点过一遍？