protraction
n[C, U]
(instance of) making sth last longer; extending 延长; 拖延; 伸展
Further protraction of the discussion will not achieve anything. 继续讨论下去并不能解决任何问题.
🗣️ 情景例句
Right.
好的。
He who risks nothing, gains nothing.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
When I returned form abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.