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单词 interminably
释义
interminably
adverb
uk
/ɪnˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.bli/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.mɪ.nə.bli/
in a way thatcontinuesfor toolongandthereforeisboringorannoying:
无休止地，冗长不堪地
Theytalkedinterminably.他们说起话来没完没了。
Theyperformedan interminablylongset oflovesongs.他们演奏了一组冗长的情歌。
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  • It was aconfusingand interminablyslowprocess.
  • Theinvestigationsdraggedon interminably.
  • Callers to thehelplineareforcedtowaiton thelinefor interminablylongperiods.
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Continuous & permanent
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  • around-the-clock
  • be
  • here to stayidiom
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  • imperishable
  • incessant
  • permanence
  • permanently
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  • persistence
  • unrelievedly
  • unremitting
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  • wall-to-wall
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(Definition ofinterminablyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinterminably

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As the conference draggedinterminablyonward and no progress seemed possible, many of the more prominent figures departed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But they also benefited because the penniless and hung-over shepherds returned for another year ofinterminablymonotonous shepherding.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Some governments intended to privatise but have found the processinterminablyslow.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Shepherding was slow, unskilled,interminablymonotonous, safe and done on foot.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Yet sometimes it seemed to me that the books lying everywhere around me were like gossips chattering to meinterminablyabout their authors' vanity and mine.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The man could be incarceratedinterminablywithout even a solicitor or his relatives knowing where he was.
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That is a much lesser evil than that large numbers of litigants, solicitors and counsel should be kept waitinginterminably.
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There could be cases which dragged on almostinterminably, possibly to nobody's advantage.
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Otherwise, as he knows, they are likely to be dragged oninterminably, and goods will be coming in all the time.
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The scheme seems to be dragging oninterminably.
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First, we must try to broaden the basis of the disarmament discussions which have dragged on sointerminablyin the past.
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Should they do that at the cost of prolonging the inquiryinterminably?
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I say that with the greatest regard for him, but he has repeated his questionsinterminablyand in his customary elegant manner.
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The two protagonists and their international supporters can argueinterminably, and sometimes even convincingly, to justify their sides' violence.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is difficult sometimes to remember that fact, because we must divide our debates; otherwise, we should go oninterminably.
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