phrasal verbphr vLONG 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。
Examples from the Corpus
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 ongoingproject, to be done for fun, and drag it out for weeks.• Women have been known to liftautomobiles 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 troubledragging yourself out on the town on Sunday night?• We drag everything out to cover him including blankets.