今天我们要学的词是 protracted.

 

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 inflicting 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。