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

• 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。
• Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable.
  他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。
• We have all experienced interminable delays and bungled responses by airlines leading to passenger tantrums.
  我们都经历过长时间的航班延误，也遇到过机场拙劣的回应激怒旅客的事件。
• 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。
• 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。
• Too often the history of Europe is described as a series of interminable wars and quarrels.
  欧洲历史往往被描述成一系列无休止的战争和争吵。
• I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.
  我所反对的只是冗长而令人困惑的评论，但有一件事是肯定的：有多少人就有多少种观点。
• He made an interminable argument.
  他无休止地争论。
• Endless debates; an endless conversation; the wait seemed eternal; eternal quarreling; an interminable sermon.
  没完没了的争论；冗长的会话；等待好象是无止境的；没完没了的争吵；没完没了的说教。
• 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。