protraction
noun[U]
formaluk/prəˈtræk.ʃən/us/prəˈtræk.ʃən/thestateoflastingfor alongtimeor being made to lastlongerthannecessary:
延长，拖延Theunnecessaryprotraction of theapprovalprocessisslowingworkon otherissues.审批过程不必要的拖延耽误了有关其他问题的工作。
Jurytrialsoftensufferinordinateprotraction.陪审团审判常常拖得太久。
See
protracted
- Adelayat thispointin theprogramis notunheardof, but if the protractioncontinuesthere will beproblems.
- Protraction of thecrisishasdevastatedlocalcommunities.
- Protraction of theconflictprolongssufferingandendangerspeaceandstability.
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