drawn-out
['drɔ:n'aut]
adj. 延长的;持续很久的
同义词
参考例子
1.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。
2.The defense secretary rejected some of her specific criticisms as simply wrong and said the war against terror will be a drawn-out process.
国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德并没有简单地否认希拉里的一些批评,他说抗击恐怖主义将是一场持久战。
3.Sometimes societies were able to learn extremely fast, as in the United States. Others, like Germany, benefited from starting late, leapfrogging the long-drawn-out process that Britain went through.
有时,某些社会能够以极快的速度学习,正如美国那样。另外一些社会--比如德国--因起步晚而受益,因为它们越过了英国所经历的漫长过程。
英文解释
adj.
1.relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
2.(used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
网络释义
drawn-out
延长的; 冗长乏味的; 延长的,持续很久的; 冗长的,无聊的;
drawn-out war
持久战;
drawn-out comb
造好的巢脾;
long drawn-out
冗长的;
long drawn-out projects
胡子工程;