学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3416 protracted

 今天我们要学的词是 protracted¹.

 

protracted 的意思是旷日持久的，经久不衰的。 

 

Zimbabwe’s former ruler Robert Mugabe outlived most of his countrymen, but his protracted and long life was constructed upon inflicting² enormous suffering upon his people and country. 津巴布韦的前统治者穆加贝比他的大多数同胞活得时间都长，但他的长寿是建立在给他的人民和国家带来的巨大痛苦之上。

1 protracted   

adj.拖延的；延长的v.拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The war was protracted for four years. 战争拖延了四年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We won victory through protracted struggle. 经过长期的斗争，我们取得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。