把…拖[拉]出; （使）拖延; 挨

1. 拖出：drag in 拖入 | drag out 拖出 | drag over 拖过

2. 拖延：drag one's heels 拖着脚走 | drag out 拖延 | drag up a child 胡乱养大孩子

3. 拖延(时间)：Tom drag a heavy box out of the cupboard. 汤姆把一个重箱子从橱里拖出来. | ◆drag out 拖延(时间) | ◆drag sb. into doing sth. 使某人勉强做某事

4. 带出液：drag-oncarriage 板料拖运小车 | drag-out 带出液 | drag-over 横向自动拖送机

1. 不必要地拖延;使持续过久
If you drag something out, you make it last for longer than is necessary.

e.g. The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years...
公司愿意将诉讼拖上几年。
e.g. Let's get it over with as soon as possible, rather than drag it out.
我们尽快把它完成吧，不要再拖了。

2. 套…的话;说服…说出
If you drag something out of a person, you persuade them to tell you something that they do not want to tell you.

e.g. The families soon discovered that every piece of information had to be dragged out of the authorities.
这些家庭很快发现每条消息都得从有关当局口中套出来。

verb

1. proceed for an extended period of time

e.g. The speech dragged on for two hours

Synonym: dragdrag on

2. last unnecessarily long

Synonym: drag on