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

• I tried for a while to list the quotations on an interminable amount of stock.
  我勉强列了一会那些不计其数的股票行情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What interminable rotten luck!
  真是倒了八辈子霉！
• He made an interminable argument.
  他无休止地争论。
• Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable.
  他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。
• Even after final rulings are made, doubtless be interminable hearings on how to implement them.
  甚至在终审裁定后，无疑将会是对如何执行裁定举行无止尽的听证会。
• 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。
• 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。