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

• I'm sorry to drag you out on such a cold night.
  在这么冷的夜晚把你硬拉出来，真是对不起。
• In fact, as many fights are debt-centric, the holidays are high season for knock down drag out financial brawls.
  事实上，许多人争吵的核心问题都与债务有关，而节日季更是经济问题导致争吵的高发期。
• It's so annoying having to drag out the sewing machine every time I want to make a dress.
  每次做衣服时我都得把缝纫机拉出来，真烦死人了。
• I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
  我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
• When he takes into account the possibility that poor underwriting conditions may then coincide with depressed financial markets and defaults by reinsurer, However, the central bank warned the 18-month housing slump could drag out.
  若是面对景气不佳同时又碰上金融市场低迷，再保业者倒闭频繁等景象时然而，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。
• Nathan Hale would sooner die a hero than drag out an ignoble existence.
  内森·黑尔宁愿死得英雄，也不愿苟且偷生。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are only so many words I can drag out of my vocabulary to say how dreadful that was.
  SimonCowell在我的词汇表里有太多这样的词可以抽出来形容你多么令人可怕。
• 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）。