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单词 interminable
释义
interminable
(ɪntɜːʳmɪnəbəl )
adjective
If you describe something as interminable, you are emphasizing that it continues for a very long time and indicating that you wish it was shorter or would stop. [emphasis]
...an interminable meeting.
Synonyms: endless, long, never-ending, dragging  
interminably adverb [usually ADVERB after verb]
He talked to me interminably about his first wife.
Collocations:
interminable delay
Such interminable delay would be laughable if it didn't have real consequences.
Times,Sunday Times
After an interminable delay, the counsellor announced with a smile that it was negative.
Times, Sunday Times
But for once, we can be grateful for the regulator's interminable delay.
Times, Sunday Times
After an interminable delay, a rubber boat was seen in the darkness.
Times, Sunday Times
Let there not be further interminable delay chasing the chimera of a perfect solution.
Times, Sunday Times
interminable wait
For fans of City, it has been an interminable wait.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Not only does it give you a hefty lead but gives a team great heart and saves its batsmen from an interminable wait before donning the pads.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was rushed out without consultation and there has been precious little since, despite the interminable wait for these revised plans.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
After an interminable wait, goalline technology is almost upon us.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The pair looked the part, as they took to the stage after an interminable wait.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
seemingly interminable
Formative ideas and developing thoughts come streaming out in seemingly interminable sentences that flow elegantly on for pages at a time.
The Times Literary Supplement
The arguments about it have been seemingly interminable.
Times, Sunday Times
Fears of a double-dip recession are mounting thanks to the seemingly interminable debt crisis in the eurozone.
Times, Sunday Times
But towards the end, the film caves in to its inner musical anorak, and we are lost in seemingly interminable squabbles about arcane musical details.
Times, Sunday Times
However, it's what emerges from these seemingly interminable discussions that leads to solutions to previously impossible dilemmas.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 无休止的
Japanese: 果てしない
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