drawn-out
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌdrawn-ˈout adjective LONG TIMEtaking more time than usual or more time than you would like 拖长了的，冗长的 The government wants to avoid a long drawn-out war against the rebel forces. 政府想避免与叛军打持久战。
Examples from the Corpus
drawn-out• Traditionally, the making of tamales is a long, drawn-out affair, requiring several hands and many hours.• A drawn-out battle of wills began, with my having to stone-wall both in London and on visits to Moscow.• The general had held on to power for nine years, and it had been a long drawn-out battle.• In January, the teams finally ended their drawn-out discussions with a map that clearly marks the boundary.• But the movie crawls to a halt and goes over the top in a drawn-out finale inside an empty hotel.• Policy-making is inevitably, and universally, a long, drawn-out process which involves many people within the organisation.• He used to be asked long, drawn-out questions that went on and on.long drawn-out• The general had held on to power for nine years, and it had been a long drawn-out battle.• After the long drawn-out years of waiting suddenly the war was going well on all fronts and the end was in sight.ˌdrawn-ˈout adjectiveChineseSyllable
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drawn-out
ˌdrawn-ˈout
adjective
taking more time than usual or more time than you would like:
The government wants to avoid a long drawn-out war against the rebel forces.
ˌdrawn-ˈout
adjectivetaking more time than usual or more time than you would like: