drag out

英 [dræɡ aʊt]

美 [dræɡ aʊt]

不必要地拖延; 使持续过久; 套…的话; 说服…说出

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 不必要地拖延;使持续过久
  If youdragsomethingout, you make it last for longer than is necessary.
  1. The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years...
     公司愿意将诉讼拖上几年。
  2. Let's get it over with as soon as possible, rather than drag it out.
     我们尽快把它完成吧，不要再拖了。
• PHRASAL VERB 套…的话;说服…说出
  If youdragsomethingout ofa person, you persuade them to tell you something that they do not want to tell you.
  1. The families soon discovered that every piece of information had to be dragged out of the authorities.
     这些家庭很快发现每条消息都得从有关当局口中套出来。

英英释义

verb

• proceed for an extended period of time
  1. The speech dragged on for two hours
  Synonym:dragdrag on
• last unnecessarily long
  Synonym:drag on

双语例句

• Sorry to drag you out of bed.
  抱歉把你从床上拉起来。
• He only told me her name, and I had to drag that out of him.
  他只告诉了我她的名字，但我得劝他把那件事都说出来。
• I tried to drag myself out of the morass of despair.
  我试图从绝望的困境中走出来。
• It's so annoying having to drag out the sewing machine every time I want to make a dress.
  每次做衣服时我都得把缝纫机拉出来，真烦死人了。
• Dan: Thank you, even if I did have to drag it out of yourself.
  谢谢，虽然这是我逼你说出来的。
• Jewel rescues the animals in the barn, then risks his life to drag out Addie's coffin.
  宝石拯救动物的谷仓，那么他的生命风险拖延员的棺木。
• In fact, as many fights are debt-centric, the holidays are high season for knock down drag out financial brawls.
  事实上，许多人争吵的核心问题都与债务有关，而节日季更是经济问题导致争吵的高发期。
• But all we said, not a word could we drag out of him.
  但是，随我们说千说万，都套不出他一句话来。
• And drag you out of the house by your hair if necessary!
  并在需要时拉着你的头发把你拖出屋子。
• She is going to drag out the engagement, in the hope of making me relent.
  她想把婚约拖下去，打算这样来使我让步。