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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The climactic battle involves a drawn-out duel with Princess Iron Fan ( Chen Jiaojiao), named after the implement that Monkey and his pals must borrow to make their way through a fiery volcano.
  打斗戏的高潮是与铁扇公主（陈娇娇[音译]）的漫长决斗。猴子和他的同伴们在取经路上要翻过一个炽热的火山（实为火焰山&译注），必须跟铁扇公主借扇子。
• 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。
• 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。
• For many others, the past couple of years have been a drawn-out hangover, gradually recovering from an over-indulgence of borrowings.
  对于其它许多企业来说，过去这两、三年可谓一场宿醉，它们花了很长时间，才逐渐从对举债的过度沉迷中苏醒过来。
• 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。
• 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？