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

• 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。
• Stared from the interminable plain.
  横过一望无际的平原盯着人看。
• 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。
• 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。
• He made an interminable argument.
  他无休止地争论。
• 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 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。
• When you are on an interminable conference call, it makes sense to catch up with some e-mailing.
  在出席冗长的电话会议时，抓紧时间写点电子邮件是合理的。
• 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。