今天我们要学的词是protracted。 Protracted, 长时间的,拖延的。 "President Obama said the protracted struggle between Republicans and Democrats over raising the U.S. debt ceiling is 'an entirely self-inflicted wound' to the economy," 美国总统奥巴马说,共和民主两党就提高美国债务上限问题的长期争执是“美国自己给自己制造的经济创伤”。 "The protracted drought hitting the Horn of Africa is the worst of its kind in 60 years," 席卷非洲之角的长时期旱灾是60年以来最严重的一次。 "The protracted Libyan crisis has increased the regional instability in North Africa," 利比亚的长期冲突加剧了北非地区的区域不稳定性。好的, 今天我们学习的词是protracted...
n. 天花板,上限