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

• When conducting performance reviews, the Bank of Montreal no longer rewards managers for working interminable hours.
  在进行工作表现评估时，蒙特利尔银行就不再褒奖那些没完没了玩命工作的经理们。
• Don't say anything, John. You'll only set him off on one of his interminable war stories.
  什么都别说了，约翰，你只要激发他讲一个长长的战争故事就行。
• Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable.
  他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。
• He was soon lost in the noisy and slowly moving crowd, busy with interminable bargainings.
  不久，他在喧嚷，慢慢移动而又忙于讨价还价的人群当中消失了。
• I suppose this sort of Pilgrim's Progress was justified by the end; but it seemed interminable to me, in spite of the pleasant surprises that met me now and then at a turn in the road.
  我觉得《天路历程》的结局是比较合理的，尽管在天路的转弯处，我偶尔也会遇到惊喜，但是在我看来，这部作品似乎过于冗长乏味了。
• 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。
• We had to sit listening to dad's interminable war stories.
  我们不得不坐下来听爸爸那冗长的战争故事。
• The play dragged on, and seemed interminable.
  演出拖拖拉拉地进行着，仿佛没完没了。
• 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。
• 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。