endless

C1 CET-4 Oxf 5000 高中 FREQ #5191 ★★☆☆☆

a. 不停的, 无穷尽的, 无尽的 [机] 无端的, 环状的

发音

US /ˈɛndlɪs/

别名

endlesse

教材释义与例句

形容词

无止境的；连续的；环状的；漫无目的的

very large in amount, size, or number

an endless stream of visitors

川流不息的游客

The possibilities are endless.

有无限的可能性。

He's been in a lot of trouble – drugs, guns, blackmail – the list is endless.

他麻烦太多了——毒品、枪支、敲诈——说都说不完。

释义与例句

adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Having no end.

    不尽

    无穷

    endless time; endless praise

  2. 2.

    Extending indefinitely.

    an endless line

  3. 3.

    Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.

  4. 4.

    Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

eternal interminable dateless sempiternal

近义相关 4

long infinite continuous uninterrupted

相关短语

Endless September endless runner endless runners endless screw endless screws endless saw endless saws endless chain endless chains endless September endless belt [化] 环形带 endless belts endless galaxy endless loop [计] 死循环; 无限循环 endless loops

词源

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

来源：wiktionary