lingering

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lin·ger·ing /ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/ adjectiveadj [usually before noun]

LONG TIMEcontinuing to exist for longer than is usual or desirable 拖延的，久缠不去的

lingering doubts/suspicions etc

Any lingering hopes of winning the title soon disappeared.

所有尚存的夺冠希望很快就破灭了。

Mr Wilkins suffered a lingering death.

威尔金斯先生拖了很久才咽气。

lingering smell/aroma/odour

the lingering aroma of chocolate

久久不散的巧克力香味

—lingeringly adverbadv

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lingering• Carcasses are left to rot, while deer wounded by poor marksmen suffer lingering deaths.• She was niggled by a lingering doubt that she might have played her cards badly.• If he had any lingering doubts about the marriage, he did not show it.• Dad suffers from the lingering effects of radiation treatments• Slow lingering illnesses may require only one remedy a day or less.• What will be the lingering images of the Sydney Olympic Games?• He clasped the royal hand and plastered it with three lingering kisses.• If he had any lingering memories, which was almost impossible to credit, they would not match what he now encountered.• lingering questions about the assassination• For years, Mexico's primary feeling toward the US was one of lingering resentment.• She had a lingering sense of guilt for some time after breaking off her relationship with Henry.• It kills off lingering Tory hopes the economy is poised for recovery.

lingering doubts/suspicions etc• Dennis's unwitting participation in our mating was so exciting that we soon overcame any lingering doubts about the risks involved.• But there have always been lingering doubts of his innocence.• Schoonover hopes that having the theater functioning will finally dispel any lingering doubts that the project is moving forward.

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