柯林斯詞典lengthy /?l??kθ?/ (lengthier,lengthiest) 1. ADJ You use lengthy to describe an event or process which lasts for a long time. 漫長(zhǎng)的 The board members held a lengthy meeting to decide future policy. 董事會(huì)成員開(kāi)了一次漫長(zhǎng)的會(huì)議來(lái)決定未來(lái)的政策。2. ADJ A lengthy report, article, book, or document contains a lot of speech, writing, or other material. 冗長(zhǎng)的 Friedman's lengthy report quoted an unnamed source. 弗里德曼冗長(zhǎng)的報(bào)告引用了一個(gè)未指明出處的資料。 返回 lengthy劍橋詞典continuing for a long time 漫長(zhǎng)的，冗長(zhǎng)的 a lengthy discussion /process 漫長(zhǎng)的討論／過(guò)程 Many airline passengers face lengthy delays because of the strike . 許多航空公司的乘客都因罷工而面臨漫長(zhǎng)的延誤。 例句 A lengthy police investigation failed to produce any evidence on which the suspect could be convicted .After a lengthy and painful divorce , she vowed never to remarry .He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs .After a lengthy discussion we reached a unanimous decision on the proposal .It is a lengthy and compelling family saga . 返回 lengthy