拖延 ( Drag on )

據報道，公共房屋租戶大有可能在明年獲得免租一個月。房屋委員會一名消息人士透露，有關租金調整的辯論已經拖了許多年，租戶一直等待租金減免。The debate on rent adjustments has dragged on for many years and tenants have been waiting for some relief, a Housing Authority source said。 較早時，灣仔喜帖街最後一個死硬派居民決定把家族物業賣給市區重建局，結束了拖了三年的反拆卸之戰。The battle to save the street has been dragging on for three years。Drag on 是「拖延、拖」的意思。
它是動詞，其他例子：Some legal cases drag on for many years是「有些法律案件一拖就是好多年」，The conflict with Japan has dragged on for two years是「與日本的衝突拖了兩年」，The meeting dragged on for more than five hours是「會議拖得很長，開了超過五小時」。