protract
verb[T]
formaluk/prəˈtrækt/us/prəˈtrækt/to make something last for alongtimeor lastlongerthannecessary:
延长，拖延I have nodesireto protract theprocess.我不想把这个过程拖长。
Theirguestdid not protract hisstayanhourlonger.他们的客人没有再多逗留一个小时。
See
protracted
- It was in no one'sinterestto protract thesituationanyfurther.
- Protracting theissuecouldleadtounnecessarypublicity.
- Theytriedto protract thediscussion.
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usualidiom
- bash on
- carry(something)on
- cease
- cont.
- contd
- drag
- echo
- insist ondoing something
- jag
- keep atsomething
- keepsomeoneat itidiom
- leg
- push on
- run on
- runsomeone/somethingover
- seesomethingout
- segue
- span
- spin