endless

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++end·less /ˈendləs/ adjective 1 very large in amount, size, or number 无止境的；无数的；无限的 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。2 CONTINUOUSsomething that is endless seems to continue forever 无休止的；无穷尽的；永久的 an endless round of boring meetings 一轮没完没了的无聊会议 —endlessly adverb This city is endlessly fascinating. 这座城市充满了无穷的魅力。

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endless• The possibilities for the use of plastics seems endless.• For at least a month before Christmas we were subjected to an endless barrage of ads for fattening festive foods.• The huge structures have endless corridors, barren hallways like tunnels that turn back upon themselves, leading nowhere.• The self of a thermostat system has endless internal bickering about whether to turn the furnace up or down.• Initially, Ishmael is completely optimistic about this endless journey, affirming both the motion and the endless uncertainty associated with it.• We had to sit through endless meetings.• But to us, the swamp was a place of endless mystery and magic.• At Cambridge he was always the centre of a circle of friends, willing accomplices in his endless schemes and parties.• When not trying to match his 15-hour days, they regale each other with endless stories about his idiosyncrasies and absent-mindedness.• One effect on the rest of us will be that we cause ourselves endless trouble by losing them.endless stream of• She had an endless stream of admirers, and I was jealous of all of them.• He was great company anyway, with an endless stream of anecdotal experience.• He takes great trouble over a seemingly endless stream of difficulties.• His life is an endless stream of interviews and news conferences, often back to back.• The endless stream of parties, dinners and galas all seemed to draw from the same guest list.• Heriot's forwards tore into the game and won an endless stream of possession which their backs used superbly.• An endless stream of proposals had poured in for the £20 million a year it had to dispense.• An endless stream of self-powered ants can be sent up to the end of the cable with no further power input whatsoever!endless round of• People who do so condemn themselves to an endless round of debate over something they can never achieve.• It saves me getting involved in all that endless round of relatives.

end·less adjectiveChineseSyllable

or amount, in number size, very large Corpus

endless
end‧less /ˈendləs/