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单词 protracted
释义
protracted
adjective
uk
/prəˈtræk.tɪd/us
/prəˈtræk.tɪd/
lastingfor alongtimeor made to lastlongerthannecessary:
持久的；延长的；拖延的
protractednegotiations持久的谈判
a protractedargument/discussion旷日持久的争论／讨论
Synonyms
drawn-out
extended
lengthy
long(TIME)
prolonged
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
continuing for a large amount of time
  • longHe's been gone a long time.
  • prolongedShe returned to work after a prolonged illness.
  • lengthyAirline passengers may face lengthy delays during holiday travel.
  • sustainedWe continue to see sustained economic growth.
  • extendedStanding for extended periods of time can be bad for your back.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lasting for a long time
  • all-night
  • ancient
  • be going strongidiom
  • changeless
  • dateless
  • full time
  • immemorial
  • incorruptibility
  • incorruptible
  • incorruptibly
  • long-time
  • longevity
  • man and boyidiom
  • never-ending
  • nondurable
  • time-consuming
  • timeless
  • timelessly
  • timelessness
  • year
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protract
protraction
(Definition ofprotractedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

protracted| American Dictionary

protracted
adjective
us
/proʊˈtræk·tɪd/
lastingfor alongtime, or made tocontinuelongerthannecessary:
Their protractedlegalbattlemaysoonberesolved.
(Definition ofprotractedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprotracted

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First, minority governments often emerge in situations in which, afterprotractednegotiations, attempts to construct a majority coalition have failed.
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The extent to which an event elicits distinctive physiological and cognitive responding, the greater the probability that the event will be retained overprotractedintervals.
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It is also necessary to repeat this process throughout theprotractedemergence period.
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While this is not a major factor during the acute phase of the disease, it will contribute to the disease process in moreprotractedcases.
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Similarly, regular or irregular past tense morphology on verbs is absent for a long period of time, moreprotractedeven than -s.
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In a couple of cases, theprotractedperiod of wear away amounted to the equivalent of freezing the old plan.
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We might even expect disagreeing parties to engage inprotractedtalk about the quality of the merchandise until some common ground or resolution was reached.
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The 1851 data have provoked aprotracteddebate concerning the relationship between churchgoing and urbanisation.
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On this account, laws have typically resulted fromprotractedexperimentation by social actors with a view to enhancing the predictability of social intercourse.
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Withprotractedloud playing, therefore, the relationship of input to output is increasingly likely to be stretched in time.
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Processes such as stretching or extending are temporallyprotractedand hence correlate with our experience of duration.
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The subject also inevitably produced caustic andprotractedstruggle between municipal, state and ecclesiastical authorities for the regulation and control of morals.
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As these middle-aged women frequently had to depend on social assistance forprotractedperiods, they experienced their situation as shameful and became very depressed.
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They wore down the army through guerrilla and mobile warfare, the first two phases in aprotractedwar.
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In shepherding its preferred candidates into premierships, the national party involved itself inprotractednegotiations with local and regional elements of the party.
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