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sth seems interminable
The meeting seemed interminable.
会议似乎无休无止。
冗长的；无休止的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
冗长的；无休止的
interminable
The meeting seemed interminable.
会议似乎无休无止。
无休止的；无尽的
Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
The meeting was interminable, and I kept checking my watch.
那场会议没完没了，我一直不停看表。
After two interminable hours in traffic, we finally reached the airport.
在交通堵塞中熬过了漫长无尽的两小时后，我们终于到了机场。
Her speech felt interminable, even though it lasted only ten minutes.
她的演讲让人感觉无休无止，虽然只持续了十分钟。
The meeting seemed interminable.
会议似乎无休无止。
They waited for an interminable period of time.
他们等待了漫长的时间。
Not this
The meeting interminables.
Use this
The meeting is interminable.
“interminable”是形容词，不能用作动词。中文学习者可能受汉语动词无形态变化的影响，误加了动词词尾。正确用法是作表语形容词。
Not this
This task is interminable, so we can finish it by tomorrow.
Use this
This task is terminable, so we can finish it by tomorrow.
“interminable”意为“无休止的”，与“terminable”（可终止的）意思相反。学习者因前缀“inter-”而误以为是“terminable”的加强形式，实际含义相反。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
没完没了的等待
The flight was delayed, leaving us with an interminable wait at the airport.
航班延误了，我们在机场没完没了地等着。
冗长的会议
The interminable meeting finally came to an end at six o'clock.
那场冗长的会议终于在六点结束了。
没完没了的延误
Passengers complained about the interminable delay.
乘客们抱怨这场没完没了的延误。
冗长的清单
She read out an interminable list of complaints.
她念了一大串没完没了的抱怨。
没完没了的争吵
They had an interminable argument about money.
他们为了钱没完没了地争吵。
生活似乎只是一连串忙碌的琐事、无休止的劳作和琐碎的忧虑。
Jane Austen wrote this line in her novel Mansfield Park.
简·奥斯汀在她的长篇小说《曼斯菲尔德庄园》中写了这句话。
Use interminable naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 terminal（终点）：到不了终点 = interminable，即没完没了、冗长难熬。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary description、official speech interminable 通常用于正式或书面语，多指冗长且似乎没有尽头的事物；日常口语中更常说 endless 或 never-ending。
真正同韵的是 terminable 和 determinable，它们的重读元音 /ɜː/ 及后面的 /mɪnəbəl/ 与 interminable 一致。terminal、terminate、inimitable 是拼写上的近似词，但读音不同：terminal 以 /nəl/ 结尾，terminate 以 /neɪt/ 结尾，inimitable 的重读元音是 /ɪ/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.