interminable

英 [ɪnˈtɜːmɪnəbl]

美 [ɪnˈtɜːrmɪnəbl]

adj.  冗长的; 没完没了的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 冗长的；没完没了的
  lasting a very long time and therefore boring or annoying
  1. an interminable speech/wait/discussion
     无休止的讲话 / 等待 / 讨论
  2. The drive seemed interminable.
     这次开车好像没有尽头。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 无休止的;没完没了的;冗长不堪的
  If you describe something asinterminable, you are emphasizing that it continues for a very long time and indicating that you wish it was shorter or would stop.
  1. ...an interminable meeting.
     冗长乏味的会议

英英释义

adj

• tiresomely long
  1. endless debates
  2. an endless conversation
  3. the wait seemed eternal
  4. eternal quarreling
  5. an interminable sermon
  Synonym:endlesseternal

双语例句

• Stared from the interminable plain.
  横过一望无际的平原盯着人看。
• But as the fight staggers into interminable rounds is our eye on the right fight?
  但是当争斗变得没完没了时，我们看到的还是一场正义的竞赛吗？
• Yours 4th negotiation outlook interminable before our president return here end march.
  你方4日电收悉。在我公司董事长三月底回来之前，估计交涉不会有结果。
• A weekend of interminable meetings, and no skiing.
  一个周末的冗长会议，连滑雪的机会也没有。
• He spent the whole lunchtime telling this interminable shaggy dog story about an actress and a bishop.
  整个午餐时间，他都在滔滔不绝地讲一名女演员和一名主教之间滑稽的故事。
• He made an interminable argument.
  他无休止地争论。
• The Odyssey taught humanity the dangers of hubris and the need for flexible responses to interminable and unpredictable setbacks.
  《奥德赛》的故事向人类讲述了自负的危险，也教会我们应当灵活应对没完没了、无法预测的挫折。
• Life is nothing but the occasional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief.
  人生也没什么，就是在冗长无尽的悲伤无奈中，偶尔燃闪出零星的快乐火花。
• The distance seemed interminable, and the walk was most laborious.
  距离好像无穷无尽似的，走起来真够吃力。
• The way seemed interminable, and the streets like the black web of some sprawling spider.
  路仿佛没有尽头，街道就像触足伸开的蜘蛛编织成的黑网。