词汇 | interminably |
释义 | interminably adverb uk /ɪnˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.bli/ us /ɪnˈtɝː.mɪ.nə.bli/ in a way that continues for too long and therefore is boring or annoying: 无休止地,冗长不堪地 They talked interminably.他们说起话来没完没了。 They performed an interminably long set of love songs. 他们演奏了一组冗长的情歌。 See interminable It was a confusing and interminably slow process. The investigations dragged on interminably. Callers to the helpline are forced to wait on the line for interminably long periods. Continuous & permanent abiding abidingly ad infinitum around-the-clock be here to stayidiom immanence immanent immanently imperishable on the spinidiom on the trotidiom perennial permanence permanency unrelentingly unrelieved unrelievedly unremitting unremittingly Examples of interminablyinterminably As the conference dragged interminably onward and no progress seemed possible, many of the more prominent figures departed. But they also benefited because the penniless and hung-over shepherds returned for another year of interminably monotonous shepherding. Some governments intended to privatise but have found the process interminably slow. Shepherding was slow, unskilled, interminably monotonous, safe and done on foot. Yet sometimes it seemed to me that the books lying everywhere around me were like gossips chattering to me interminably about their authors' vanity and mine. The man could be incarcerated interminably without even a solicitor or his relatives knowing where he was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a much lesser evil than that large numbers of litigants, solicitors and counsel should be kept waiting interminably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There could be cases which dragged on almost interminably, possibly to nobody's advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Otherwise, as he knows, they are likely to be dragged on interminably, and goods will be coming in all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The scheme seems to be dragging on interminably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, we must try to broaden the basis of the disarmament discussions which have dragged on so interminably in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Should they do that at the cost of prolonging the inquiry interminably? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that with the greatest regard for him, but he has repeated his questions interminably and in his customary elegant manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The two protagonists and their international supporters can argue interminably, and sometimes even convincingly, to justify their sides' violence. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is difficult sometimes to remember that fact, because we must divide our debates; otherwise, we should go on interminably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of interminably These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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