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单词 lengthy
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lengthy
(leŋθi )
Word forms: lengthier , lengthiest
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
You use lengthy to describe an event or process which lasts for a long time.
...a lengthy meeting.
...the lengthy process of filling out passport application forms.
Synonyms: protracted, long, prolonged, very long  
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A lengthy report, article, book, or document contains a lot of speech, writing, or other material.
...a lengthy report from the Council of Ministers.
There is a lengthy article on him in the Observer newspaper.
Synonyms: very long, rambling, interminable, long-winded  
Collocations:
lengthy analysis
The group felt obliged to publish a lengthy analysis yesterday on whether it remains a going concern.
Times, Sunday Times
To comprehend that kind of complex relationship between a sleep disorder and a chronic condition, however, requires lengthy analysis.
Smithsonian Mag
Somatic markers, put more simply, appear to be a fast mechanism for reasoning that allows individuals to make satisfactory decisions without the necessary time to go through a lengthy analysis.
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It contains, in addition, reflection upon the various kinds of knowledge, an extended treatment of definition, and a lengthy analysis of the nature and causes of doubt.
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When his depression returned he underwent a second, much lengthier analysis and felt that he was much improved.
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lengthy career
She has been targeted by a number of stalkers in her lengthy career but says the picture has had a long-lasting impact.
The Sun (2016)
He has been engaged with the concept of time for most of his lengthy career in theoretical physics.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Her lengthy career was founded on a steadfast belief: 'You can learn an enormous amount from animal behaviour about our behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
lengthy dispute
This led to a lengthy dispute, which lasted until 1495.
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A lengthy dispute for compensation between the 2 clubs followed.
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The windmill received monument status because of these historic parts in 1990, but only after a lengthy dispute.
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However, it came about only after a lengthy dispute over the dowry.
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Lengthy regulations invite lengthy disputes.
Globe and Mail
lengthy list
Other providers have promoted accounts with even higher interest rates in recent months, although these all come with a lengthy list of conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite a lengthy list of absentees, they had lost only once at home this season.
Times, Sunday Times
But an equally lengthy list of recommendations to address the deficiencies was never implemented.
Times,Sunday Times
It could happen, but only if a lengthy list of preferred candidates fall by the wayside first.
Times, Sunday Times
Spend a few minutes of your day researching online what you 'should' be taking and you'll likely come out with a lengthy list.
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy litigation
Lengthy litigation and the intervention of the king were ultimately required before things were normalized.
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Their statement also indicated that they feared anyone fired could sue, leading to lengthy litigation.
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After lengthy litigation and negotiation, the government agreed to buy back some of the properties and remove the contaminated soil.
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They separated in 1999 and divorced after lengthy litigation in 2003.
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After extensive and lengthy litigation his heirs eventually put the estate up for auction.
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lengthy passage
We had to write a précis of a lengthy passage of complex prose.
Times, Sunday Times
Critics attacked it for subordinating the music to 'lengthy passages critical of our politics, economics and ethics'.
Times, Sunday Times
There are other occasions, too, where the orchestra or a chorus (also pre-recorded) takes part, and where tiny fragments signal the disappearance of lengthy passages.
The Times Literary Supplement
In a short book of just over 100 pages, he repeats two lengthy passages almost verbatim.
The Times Literary Supplement
lengthy pause
After a lengthy pause for thought and a throaty chuckle, the promoter comes to a decision.
Times, Sunday Times
This soothed fears of a lengthy pause in operations at the mine, which produced more than seven tonnes of gold last year.
Times,Sunday Times
There was a lengthy pause on the phone, then a contented purr of pure ecstatic pleasure, and finally he gathered enough strength to actually speak.
Times, Sunday Times
After which ensues a lengthy pause, during which a dozen or so steps are mutually negotiated, in careful silence, adjacent to and across and vaguely along the pavement below me.
Times, Sunday Times
There's a relatively lengthy pause.
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy procedure
It had to be carefully extracted in a lengthy procedure that resulted in complications, and she ended up in intensive care.
The Sun
Surgeons carried out a lengthy procedure using microsurgery.
Times, Sunday Times
Given the timescale of how long it took their first date to take place, it was only natural that the proposal itself would be a lengthy procedure.
Times, Sunday Times
This lengthy procedure prevents the researcher from spontaneous identifications of a few interesting spots from a single gel as well as the need to operate the systems at full capacity.
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She has no long lists of often obscure ingredients and no lengthy procedures.
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy review
Draft extracts were circulated to those facing criticism and there has been a lengthy review process following what one source said was 'significant pushback' on some elements.
Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, when you consider the facts, such a lengthy review seems pointless.
The Sun
The lengthy review ordered the committee to recruit fresh members from the wider financial industry.
Times, Sunday Times
This has been a complex and lengthy review.
Times, Sunday Times
After a lengthy review process, all questions are submitted to a team of psychometricians to determine each question's validity.
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lengthy search
The deal will also wipe out the club's 40m debt and ends a lengthy search for a cash injection.
The Sun
All housemates are subjected to a lengthy search before they are allowed in the house.
The Sun
During the lengthy search in treacherous conditions to find him even rescuers had to be saved.
Times, Sunday Times
Finding it requires a deep and often lengthy search of self.
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The fourth was found in the sea after a lengthy search.
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lengthy sentence
Threatened with a lengthy sentence, he eventually entered a guilty plea and served eight months in prison.
Times, Sunday Times
Last year's investigation was under honours legislation and could have led to a lengthy sentence.
Times, Sunday Times
Police said that because of his criminal history, he could expect a lengthy sentence if convicted.
Times, Sunday Times
Monk faces a lengthy sentence on a plea bargain with no possibility of bail.
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If convicted, they could face lengthy sentences in an overcrowded prison and would have to pay for everything, including food and bedding.
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy speech
A consequence of the lengthy speech was that a bill to ban 'upskirt' photographs was delayed until next month.
Times, Sunday Times
The facilitator will greet the people and briefly re-state the theme of their gathering, without giving a lengthy speech.
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Characters usually face each other when speaking, but turn towards the audience when delivering a lengthy speech.
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She however at this point gave a lengthy speech.
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Weary at the thought of sitting through lengthy speeches about neo-classical endogenous growth theory?
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy statement
The school refused to comment on its policies, but put a lengthy statement on its website referring to 'rumours circulating about the school'.
Times, Sunday Times
Now the lengthy statement from the three police whistleblowers explained why.
Times, Sunday Times
I was asked to make a lengthy statement, which he took down by hand.
Times, Sunday Times
First, the consultant has to write a lengthy statement of opinion about why the patient should have the treatment.
Times, Sunday Times
Both led their governing bodies to issue enormously lengthy statements on what are extremely simple issues.
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy stay
However, he was on the move again last year, his troubles exacerbated by a heart condition that required a lengthy stay in hospital.
Times, Sunday Times
She had moved from placement to placement but after one lengthy stay in hospital she was put in institutional care.
Times, Sunday Times
But a health problem required surgery and a lengthy stay in hospital, and he was aware he would not be able to achieve this.
Times, Sunday Times
No, he said, a recent lengthy stay in hospital had afforded him time to consider what was truly of value, and he wished to show it.
Times, Sunday Times
The types of injury ranged from mild knocks that left a person temporarily dazed without losing consciousness to serious brain damage leading to a lengthy stay in hospital.
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy talk
They did so willingly, at the conclusion of lengthy talks.
Times, Sunday Times
And now they are having lengthy talks to discuss future plans.
The Sun
The airlines said they failed to agree terms of the 4billion deal, despite lengthy talks.
The Sun
Lengthy talks have also been held with film studios and newspaper publishers to provide downloadable versions of their content to the device.
Times, Sunday Times
The pair are yet to agree a potential $100million clash later this year despite lengthy talks.
The Sun
lengthy term
A lengthy term of imprisonment, sanctioned by the court, would also have served another important purpose.
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During this lengthy term, he oversaw development of the state's road system, as well as a general process of modernization.
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The judge gave all but one of the men lengthy terms on licence after their release because of the seriousness of the offences.
Times, Sunday Times
When people connected to the network, they were presented with (the usual) lengthy terms and conditions.
Christianity Today
lengthy tour
Back in the day, that would have taken a lengthy tour.
Times,Sunday Times
Technicians admitted the star had been tired at the end of a lengthy tour - and that without the extra oxygen he would not have been able to sing.
The Sun
Like many special forces soldiers, he spent lengthy tours away from home, but rarely spoke about work at home.
Times, Sunday Times
The band has discussed the influence of their lengthy tours upon their music.
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lengthy treatment
The forward, though, needed lengthy treatment after colliding with the post.
Times, Sunday Times
It has been a tough road back, with lengthy treatment and rehabilitation.
The Sun
He came off worse in the bonejarring 10th-minute collision and needed lengthy treatment before continuing.
The Sun
After lengthy treatment, he was carried off on a stretcher.
The Sun
He had to receive lengthy treatment before hobbling back on — and eventually went off in the second half.
The Sun
lengthy trial
His guilty plea pre-empted a lengthy trial that could have yielded details of others involved.
Times, Sunday Times
But first they must wade through weeks of testimony and a small mountain of documents from the lengthy trial.
The Sun
Four others were convicted after a lengthy trial that ended yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times
It will be, he said, 'a complex and lengthy trial but a very interesting one'.
Times, Sunday Times
After a lengthy trial, during which the defendants failed to attend court several times, the two received six-year jail terms but remain free while an interminable appeal process continues.
Times, Sunday Times
lengthy wait
This may mean a lengthy wait for customers.
Times, Sunday Times
A patient may also face a lengthy wait for a scan.
Times, Sunday Times
I hope what goes around will come around again, but it could be a lengthy wait.
Times, Sunday Times
There will be a lengthy wait until you see the biggest band in the world on these shores again.
The Sun
More than half of us have been cut off after a lengthy wait.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 漫长的
Japanese: 長期の
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