lengthy

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ You use lengthy to describe an event or process which lasts for a long time. 漫長的
The board members held a lengthy meeting to decide future policy. 董事會成員開了一次漫長的會議來決定未來的政策。
2. ADJ A lengthy report, article, book, or document contains a lot of speech, writing, or other material. 冗長的
Friedman's lengthy report quoted an unnamed source. 弗里德曼冗長的報告引用了一個未指明出處的資料。

A lengthy police investigation failed to produce any evidence on which the suspect could be convicted .
After a lengthy and painful divorce , she vowed never to remarry .
He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs .
After a lengthy discussion we reached a unanimous decision on the proposal .
It is a lengthy and compelling family saga .