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 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 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。
• This alone mandates a drawn-out, weak recovery.
  仅这一点就决定了，复苏将是一个持久而缓慢的过程。
• 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？
• 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。
• He never liked drawn-out good-byes.
  他向来不喜欢缠缠绵绵的告别。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。