Another pause, more protracted, and then— " Without Harry Potter? " breathed the second voice softly.

又沉默，比刚才延续的时间更长，然后——“没有哈利·波特？”第二轻轻地问。

He foresees instead a protracted period of chaotic realignments.

他预测世界反而会长期处于动荡，势力重新划分的局面。

His vigorous nature couldn't adapt to this protracted imprisonment.

他刚烈的天性不能适应种遥遥无期的囚禁生活。

As we have mentioned many times before, everybody loses in a protracted trade war.

“我们不止一次提到，在长期的贸易战中没有赢家。

I could see how heavily this protracted imprisonment was weighing on him.

我看出种无限期延长的囚禁使得他很难受。

Instead, intense fighting ensued that led to three years now of protracted battles.

然而，随之而来的愈演愈烈的战斗，场持久战足足打了三年之久。

He said the protracted war in Iraq is often given as the reason.

他说伊拉克旷日持久的战争就一例证。

In a BBC interview, Ms Malmstrom suggested a long process of protracted talks lay ahead.

在接受BBC采访时，马姆斯特罗姆称新贸易谈判将无比漫长。

And if it's protracted, it can really destabilize a region that is already super-vulnerable.

如果冲突持续下去，那可能会对破坏本就已经非常脆弱的地区的稳定。

So that's the one of a possible protracted criminal fraud involving banks, insurance and taxes.

可能涉及银行、保险和税收的旷日持久的犯罪欺诈案。

Failed rains coupled with recurrent drought and conflict have further worsened the country's protracted humanitarian crisis.

少雨、反复干旱和冲突使得该国的长期的人道主义危机进一步恶化。

Macky Sall, the outgoing president, had tried to postpone the election, causing a protracted constitutional crisis.

即将离任的总统麦基·萨勒曾试图推迟选举，导致了一场旷日持久的宪法危机。

When it came to an end in 2006, the island sank into a deep and protracted depression.

2006年废止时，经济已经陷入大萧条，旷日持久。

That said, the pandemic is proving a protracted one, resurging with more variants and spreading faster than before.

但事实证明一流行病持续反复，病毒变异增多，比以前传播速度更快。

His eyes burned with sincerity for a protracted moment-playing havoc with the rhythm of my heart-and then turned playful.

他的眼里燃烧着真诚的火焰，灼烧了许久——严重破坏了我心跳的节奏——然后变成了打趣的眼神。

The Prime Minister of Finland has lost the general election after a campaign dominated by the country's protracted recession.

芬兰总理输掉大选，次选举以该国漫长的衰退为主题。

This day's duty will be protracted and arduous.

一天的任务将漫长而艰巨的。

Indeed, the process was protracted and messy.

确实，过程漫长而混乱的。

President Zelensky has warned Ukrainians that Russia is preparing a protracted campaign of drone attacks aimed at exhausting their resistance.

乌克兰总统泽连斯基警告乌克兰人，俄罗斯正在准备一场旷日持久的无人机袭击行动，旨在“耗尽”他们的抵抗力量。

Time can even speed up (quick-motion phenomenon) or slow down (protracted duration).

时间甚至可以加快（快动作现象）或减慢（持续时间）。