drag1 /dræɡ/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (dragged, dragging) 1 PULL ALONG THE GROUNDpull STH 拖[拉]某物 [transitiveT]PULL to pull something along the ground, often because it is too heavy to carry 拖,拉drag something away/along/through etc Inge managed to drag the table into the kitchen. 英奇费了很大劲把桌子拖进厨房里。
► see thesaurus at pull 2 NOT GENTLYpull SB 拖[拉]某人 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PULL to pull someone somewhere where they do not want to go, in a way that is not gentle 硬拉,硬拖,硬拽 He grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room. 他抓住她的手臂把她拖进房间。
3 drag yourself to/into/out of etc something informalMOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move somewhere with difficulty, especially because you are ill, tired, or unhappy 〔尤因患病、疲惫或不开心而〕费力地走到/进/出某处等 I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom. 我吃力地下床走进浴室。
Can you drag yourself away from (=stop watching) the TV for a minute? 你能停一下不看电视吗?
drag yourself away from• Can you drag yourself away from that video game for a few minutes?• His sister was staring out of her window at him, having dragged herself away from the mirror. 4 persuade SB to come 劝某人来PERSUADE somebody TO COME [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] informalFORCE somebody TO DO something if you drag someone somewhere, you persuade or force them to come with you when they do not want to 硬拉〔某人去某处〕 Mom dragged us to a classical music concert. 妈妈拉我们去听了一场古典音乐会。
5 computer 计算机 [transitiveT] to move words, pictures etc on a computer screen by pulling them along with the mouse 〔用鼠标〕拖动 You can drag and drop text like this. 你可以这样拖放文本。
6 be boring 无聊TIME [intransitiveI]LONG TIME if time or an event drags, it seems to go very slowly because nothing interesting is happening 进行得缓慢,拖沓 Friday afternoons always drag. 星期五下午时间总是过得很缓慢。
7 touch the ground 碰到地上TOUCH THE GROUND [intransitiveI]TOUCH if something is dragging along the ground, part of it is touching the ground as you move 〔指某物〕拖地drag along/in/on Your coat’s dragging in the mud. 你的外套拖在泥里了。
8 drag your feet/heels informalWILLING to take too much time to do something because you do not want to do it 做事拖拉,迟迟不做 The authorities are dragging their feet over banning cigarette advertising. 当局在禁止香烟广告一事上迟迟不采取行动。
drag your feet/heels• And don't drag your feet.• On the other hand, the agency has been dragging its feet all the way in making the endangered determination.• They thus exhibit a strong tendency to drag their feet as doomsday draws nearer.• On this occasion, their leaders have dragged their heels at every stage, without giving any of the ideas a chance.• Mr de Klerk's people say the Congress is dragging its feet because it is too disorganised to talk.• Was it because he feared the Republicans were going to hammer him in the 1996 election for dragging his feet on enlargement?• The council was informed about the anniversary two years ago but has dragged its heels over putting it on any agenda.• Elsewhere they dragged their feet until it became clear that the laws were unenforceable. 9 drag a lake/river etc SCPLOOK FORto look for something in a lake, river etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom 〔用沉重的拖网〕搜索湖底/河底等 The police are dragging the lake for the missing girl’s body. 警方在用拖网搜索湖底,寻找失踪女孩的尸体。
drag a lake/river etc• Police were still dragging lakes all over the Catskills.
10. drag somebody’s name through the mud RUMOUR/RUMORto tell people about the bad things that someone has done, so that they will have a bad opinion of them 污损某人的名声 11. drag somebody through the courts to force someone to go to a court of law, especially in order to make them have a bad experience because you are angry with them 〔因憎恨某人、想出口恶气而〕把某人告上法庭 12 drag somebody kicking and screaming into something to force someone to do something that they do not want to – used humorously 逼某人做其不情愿做的某事〔幽默用法〕 The party will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. 这个政党,不管是否愿意,都将不得不面对21世纪。
drag somebody kicking and screaming into something• Mim will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. 13. look as if you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards to look very untidy – used humorously 看上去凌乱不堪,看上去极不整洁〔幽默用法〕 14 injured leg/foot 受伤的腿/脚 [transitiveT] if you drag your leg, foot etc, you cannot lift it off the ground as you walk because it is injured 拖着〔受伤的腿、脚等〕走动 a bird dragging its broken wing 拖着断翅的鸟
15 drag somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v a) SAD/UNHAPPYto make someone feel unhappy and weak 使〔某人〕感到不愉快[虚弱] Joe’s been ill for weeks now – it’s really dragging him down. 乔已经病了几个星期了,这使他很沮丧。
b) to make the price, level, or quality of something go down 使〔价格、水准、质量〕下降 Declining prices for aluminium have dragged down the company’s earnings. 铝材价格下跌使这家公司的利润下降了。
c) if someone or something bad drags you down, they make you become worse or get into a worse situation 〔坏人或坏事〕把…拖下水,使…堕落 Don’t let them drag you down to their level. 别让他们把你带坏,使你堕落到他们那种地步。
16 drag somebody/something into something (also drag somebody/something ↔ in) phrasal verbphr v a) to make someone get involved in an argument, war, or other unpleasant situation that they do not want to be involved in 把…硬扯进〔争论、战争或其他不好的情况〕之中 I’m sorry to drag you into this mess. 很抱歉,把你扯进这烂摊子。
b) TALK TO somebodyto talk about something when you are having a discussion or argument, even though it is not connected with it 把〔不相干的人或事〕扯进谈话[争论]中 Don’t drag my past into this! 别把我的过去扯进来!
17 drag on phrasal verbphr v PASS/TIME PASSINGif an event or situation drags on, it continues for too long 〔事情〕拖延地进行 for an expensive court battle that could drag on for years 可能拖延好几年的费用昂贵的官司
drag for• The conflict has already dragged on for five years; thousands have died.• It was a bureaucratic battle that was to drag on for more than five years.• The controversy dragged on for several years.• The result was controversy between Vienna and St Petersburg which dragged on for two decades.• And an expensive court battle will drag on for years; and, whatever the out-come, the owner loses.• Since the cases drag on for years, the rules can change two or three times in the course of one case.• An automobile collision happens in seconds, but if there is an injury, the litigation can drag on for years.• The litigation will probably drag on for years. 18 drag something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v LONG TIMEto make an event or situation last longer than is necessary 使〔事件、情况〕不必要地拖延 Neither of them wanted to drag the divorce out longer than they had to. 双方都不想把这场离婚案不必要地拖延下去。
drag out• He ran to the back door, found a man lying on the floor and dragged him out.• Even then fitness-fanatic Mr Bush is likely to drag him out for an early morning swim.• I make the wood-making an ongoing project, to be done for fun, and drag it out for weeks.• Women have been known to lift automobiles to drag children out from under them.• Starting at three fifteen, it would drag itself out indefinitely.• This certainly opened up the subject and dragged it out of the closet.• Had trouble dragging yourself out on the town on Sunday night?• We drag everything out to cover him including blankets. 19 drag something out of somebody phrasal verbphr v FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto make someone tell you something when they had not intended to tell you or were not supposed to tell you 迫使〔某人〕说出〔某事〕 Police finally dragged a confession out of him. 警方最终迫使他供认了罪行。
20 drag somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v b) be dragged up British EnglishBrE if a child is dragged up, their parents do not teach them to behave properly – used humorously 〔孩子〕被胡乱拉扯大〔幽默用法〕 Those children have been dragged up, not brought up! 那些孩子是胡乱拉扯大的,没有好好培养!
drag up• He dragged his fingernails up and down across my back.• Later in the afternoon the sheriff's men came back and dragged me up before the justices.• Gao Ma dragged her up on to the riverbank.• Relieved, we leapt out of our sinking craft and dragged it up the beach to the waiting clothes- stand in the sand.• The shapes of the Women, dragging the boat up the beach, were dimmer and more ghostly than ever.• Have men with oxen drag the barrels up the mountain to a lake with a narrow outlet.• We dragged ourselves up the wide, eroded mess of a path that leads to Ben Lawers and up into the storm.• A late rally dragged the index up to close at 18,560, still off more than 1,000 on the week. be dragged up• I assume a lot of people will laugh at Morrissey for this and the Glastonbury thing will be dragged up again.• Her frozen limbs were dragged up an impressively wide staircase and then along a hallway.• Everything that can be dragged up as a skeleton on Mugabe and his underlings must be dragged up.• The whale will be dragged up its main ramp and butchered.