endless

英['endləs] 美['endləs]
  • adj. 无止境的;没完没了的
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星级词汇:
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 不断的
    2. 无休止的
    3. 无尽的
    4. 无止境的
    5. 环状的
    6. 长久的
    7. 永久的
    8. 不计其数的
    9. 无边的
    10. 【机】环状的
    adv. (副词)
    1. 永久地
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 无止境的; 没完没了的 never finishing (especially of sth unpleasant)
    2. 环状的,两端连接的 circular; with the ends joined

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. tiresomely long; seemingly without end;

    "endless debates"
    "an endless conversation"
    "the wait seemed eternal"
    "eternal quarreling"
    "an interminable sermon"

  2. infinitely great in number;

    "endless waves"

  3. having no known beginning and presumably no end;

    "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"
    "time is endless"
    "sempiternal truth"

  4. having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole;

    "an endless chain"

1. We hear endless injunctions to build a sense of community among staff.
我们听到上面没完没了地讲要在员工中培养一种集体归属感。

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2. The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession.
看似永无止境的经济衰退导致了最近的恶化。

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3. The commentators make endless quips about the female players' appearance.
评论员们没完没了地拿女选手的容貌打趣。

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4. His erudition was apparently endless.
他的学问显然博大精深。

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5. I had endless hours to knit and sew.
我整天无休止地编织缝纫。

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Endless desires eventually led him astray.
      无止境的欲望最终将他引入了歧途。
    2. I can't endure your endless complaints anymore.
      我再也不能忍受你无止境的抱怨了。
    3. I am too busy to listen to her endless grievance.
      我太忙了,没空听她那没完没了的牢骚。
    4. We feel boring about his endless querimony.
      我们对他没完没了的埋怨感到厌烦。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. The child's endless crying has been wearing on my nerves all day.
      那个孩子无休止的啼哭使我整天烦得要死。
    2. The affection between them has worn off, leaving only a sad memory of endless quarrels.
      他们之间的柔情已荡然无存,留下的只是那无止境的争吵的痛苦记忆。
    3. Wheels are in a machine driven by an endless belt.
      机器轮子是用无极带传动的。
    用作表语 S+be+~
    1. The universe is endless.
      宇宙是无限的。
    2. The story of his trouble seemed to be endless.
      他艰难困苦的故事似乎说也说不完。
    3. The hours of waiting seemed endless.
      等待的时刻似乎是无止境的。
adj. (形容词)
  1. endless可指时间上永无止境,也可指范围上无边无际,没有明确的尽头,还可用于修饰抽象事物。
permanent,eternal,perpetual,everlasting,endless
  • 这些形容词均有“持久的、永久的”之意。
  • permanent指总是处于相同的情况和地位,可长期持续下去,永久不变。
  • eternal语体较庄重,侧重指永远存在,无始无终。
  • perpetual语气最强,指保持永久不变,没有中断的行为,永无止境地持续下去,有时用于贬义,指令人厌烦之事。
  • everlasting语气较庄重,有时可与eternal换用,侧重持续不尽,或指开始后一直进行下去。
  • endless系日常用词,指无尽无休。