in·ter·mi·na·ble
adjective/ɪnˈtɜːmɪnəbl/
/ɪnˈtɜːrmɪnəbl/
- lasting a very long time and therefore boring or annoying
冗长的；没完没了的 - an interminable speech/wait/discussion
无休止的讲话／等待／讨论 - The drive seemed interminable.
这次车程好像没有尽头。
Extra Examples- It took an interminable time.
这花了很长一段时间。 - 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
- seemingly
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin interminabilis, from in- ‘not’ + terminare (from terminus ‘end, boundary’). - an interminable speech/wait/discussion