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

• 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。
• He was tired of the long drawn-out arguments.
  他对那些冗长乏味的辩论感到厌烦。
• 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。
• 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。
• That was the comment from a friend of mine last week, obviously referring to lampard's drawn-out contract renegotiations.
  这是上周我的一个朋友的评论，显然说的是有关兰帕德最近推迟了合同谈判的事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hate long drawn-out goodbyes.
  我厌恶冗长拖拉的告别。