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

• Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable.
  他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are interminable things in Hawaii to visit and enjoy like wonderful coastlines, forests and volcanoes.
  在夏威夷你可以享受无穷无尽诸如美妙海岸线、森林及火山这样的景点。
• No, John, I won't be dragged into making polite conversation with the wives, while you have one of your interminable meetings with the men.
  不，约翰，我不愿被迫与那些女人进行礼貌谈话，而你却和男人们开无体止的会议。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The play dragged on, and seemed interminable.
  演出拖拖拉拉地进行着，仿佛没完没了。
• 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。