prolonged

长期的，持续很久的adj.

• He left the stage to prolonged applause.

  他在经久不息的掌声中退下了舞台。

• More important, in a statistical twist, they may have actually benefited from the financial crisis in the most fundamental way: prolonged lives.

  更重要的是，复杂的统计数据显示，他们其实已经以最根本的方式从金融危机中受益，即延长寿命。

• Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland.

  随着温度的升高，树木需要更多的水，但是长期的干旱剥夺了它们的水分，使得整片森林很容易被砍伐，变成了农田。