drawn-out

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌdrɔːnˈaʊt]
• 美式音标 [ˌdrɑːnˈaʊt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 延长的；持续很久的；拉长了的；冗长的；拖延的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• However, towards the end of the drawn-out vote-counting process, the Yes camp pulled ahead on both questions.
  然而，随着冗长的计票过程趋向结束，同意的阵营在两个问题上都处领先。
• But the episode was a losing battle in Israel's drawn-out war in 2010 to maintain its international reputation.
  但结果是，在这场2010年旷日持久的论战中，以色列是用一场败仗来维持其国际声望的。
• But this week the party’s deputies took their oaths in parliament, averting a drawn-out political crisis, even though the courts had rejected appeals for the members’ release.
  不过，这周该党代表还是参加了议会宣誓，从而避免了一场旷日持久的政治危机---虽然法院驳回了对释放该党成员的诉求。

原声例句

• Richard Holbrooke, in a BBC interview, said a drawn-out process would benefit the Taliban and al-Qaida.
• The long-drawn-out fight against the Taliban does not have huge popular support in Europe.

权威例句

• Are you looking now at a long, drawn-out period of negotiating a scaled-down package?
  WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
• The answers will determine whether we have a Reaganesque recovery or the drawn-out stagnation of the 1930s.
  FORBES: Magazine Article

词组短语

短语

• drawn -out debate 持续很久的争论
• long drawn -out 冗长的
• A drawn -out stalemate 一个旷日持久的僵局
• a drawn -out battle 持久战
• Drawn -out ore body 放出体

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• lasting longer than is usual or necessary

柯林斯英英字典

• You can describe something as drawn-out when it lasts or takes longer than you would like it to.