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旷日持久kuàng rì chí jiǔlong-drawn-out; long-term; protracted; prolonged; procrastinating; time consuming
❍ ～，粮食绝乏，越人击之，秦兵大败。(《史记·平津侯主父列传》2958) …and the Qin soldiers were left to sit idly day after day with no opponent,until their provisions were exhausted. Then the men of Yue launched an attack and inflicted a severe defeat on the Qin army.
❍ 丞相兵从大路进发，彼必尽起关中之兵，于路迎敌：则～，何时而得中原？(《三国演义》791) If you,O Minister,march by the high road,they will bring against you the whole host within the pass and will thus hold you indefinitely; you will never get to the capital.
❍ 在战争问题上，古今中外也都无不要求速决，～总是认为不利。(《毛泽东选集》218) In a war as a whole,too,quick decision is sought at all times and in all countries,and a long-drawn-out war is considered harmful.
❍ 太子曰：“太傅之计，旷日弥久，心惛然，恐不能须臾，……”(《史记·刺客列传》2529)“Yours is a long term scheme,sir”，objected the prince，“and I am too frantic to wait.…”/前些时候，炮厂工人拒绝把划进扩厂范围的住房迅速拆除，掀起了～的工潮，…… (罗广斌、杨益言《红岩》109) Some time back,the artillery plant workers had refused to pull down their homes to make room for the expansion of the plant,and had gone on prolonged strike. 旷日持久long-drawn-out; protracted; prolonged;time-consuming
工程～。The construction has been drawn out(or dragging on) for a long time./～的地区冲突prolonged regional conflicts/～的谈判long-drawn-out negotiations/～的战争prolonged (or protracted)war 旷日持久kuànɡ rì chí jiǔ旷：荒废。荒废的时间持续得太久。prolonged, drag on, delay for a long time, extend over days, of long duration |