interminable
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英[ɪn'tɜːmɪnəb(ə)l]
|美[ɪn'tɝmɪnəbl]
日语:果てしなく続く
法语:interminable
德语:endlos
韩语:끝이 없는
俄语:interminable
牛津词典
adj.
- 冗长的;没完没了的
lasting a very long time and therefore boring or annoying
- an interminable speech/wait/discussion
无休止的讲话 / 等待 / 讨论 - The drive seemed interminable.
这次开车好像没有尽头。
网络解释
同、反义词
同义词:
adj.
endless,ceaseless,incessant,everlasting,perpetual
双语例句
- The play dragged on, and seemed interminable.
演出拖拖拉拉地进行着,仿佛没完没了。
- What interminable rotten luck!
真是倒了八辈子霉!
- The distance seemed interminable, and the walk was most laborious.
距离好像无穷无尽似的,走起来真够吃力。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- I had interminable problems with my last computer; it never worked well.
我过去的那台计算机没完没了地出故障,它从未好好地运行过。
- 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。
- 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 are tired of the interminable waiting.
这种无止境的干等让我们厌倦。
- Stared from the interminable plain.
横过一望无际的平原盯着人看。
- 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。
- She launched into an interminable battle with the school governors.
她开始对校董们展开一场无休止的斗争。
- 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。
- 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 made an interminable argument.
他无休止地争论。
- 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。
- 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。
- Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable.
他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- But as the fight staggers into interminable rounds is our eye on the right fight?
但是当争斗变得没完没了时,我们看到的还是一场正义的竞赛吗?
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin interminabilis, from in-not + terminare(see terminate)