- 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;