adj.延長(zhǎng)的;拖延的
They've set the stage for a protracted struggle. 他們已作好長(zhǎng)期爭(zhēng)斗的準(zhǔn)備。
Brown said he has not met with police and called the protracted process "bizarre. 布朗說(shuō)他還沒(méi)有和警察見(jiàn)面,并說(shuō)這個(gè)拖延的過(guò)程很“奇怪”。