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

• The eurozone economy is stuck in a long and drawn-out recession.
  欧元区经济正陷入旷日持久的衰退当中。
• 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 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 this is a drawn-out process and, not least, also raises the real value of debt.
  但这是一个漫长的过程，尤其是它还会提高债务的实际价值。
• 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。
• There were times during that long, drawn-out stalemate that concentration was the key to everything.
  在这个漫长、持久的僵局中，注意力有时是一切的关键。
• 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。
• 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。
• The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
  通往和平的道路将很漫长。