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interminable

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈtɜːmɪnəbl/
🔊/ɪnˈtɜːrmɪnəbl/
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  1. lasting a very long time and therefore boring or annoying 冗长的；没完没了的synonym endless
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • It took an interminable time.花了无尽的时间。
    • It was a day of interminable meetings.这是无休止的会议的一天。
    • There were the usual interminable speeches.同往常一样，又长又沉闷的讲话一个接一个。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • seemingly
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin interminabilis, from in- ‘not’ + terminare (from terminus ‘end, boundary’).