If someone or something is insufferable, they are so annoying or so unpleasant that you feel you cannot stand them.

If someone or something is insufferable如果一個人或一件事是insufferable，they are so annoying or so unpleasant代表他們煩人或討厭到 that you feel you cannot stand them讓你覺得受不了。

Though actually, we reach for this word most about people, not about pain. A toothache is more often unbearable; a person who will not stop boasting is insufferable.

Though actually不過其實，we reach for this word most about people我們用這個字大多是講人，not about pain不是講疼痛。A toothache is more often unbearable牙痛比較常用unbearable；a person who will not stop boasting is insufferable一直吹噓不停的人才是insufferable。

The word is sharp and a little old-fashioned. You are not only saying they annoy you; you are saying they are too much, and you have had enough.

The word is sharp and a little old-fashioned這個字語氣尖銳，帶點老派。You are not only saying they annoy you你不只是在說他們讓你煩；you are saying they are too much而是在說他們太過分了，and you have had enough你已經受夠了。

Heat, noise, or a long speech can be insufferable too — ‘the room was insufferable in August’ — but the picture students should keep is often a manner that fills the room: proud, smug, always talking.

Heat, noise, or a long speech can be insufferable too悶熱、噪音、冗長的演講也可以是insufferable——'the room was insufferable in August''the room was insufferable in August'——but the picture students should keep is often a manner that fills the room但學生應該記住的畫面，通常是那種佔滿整個房間的態度：proud, smug, always talking驕傲、自滿、一直講個不停。

It is stronger and ruder than ‘annoying’, and more personal than ‘unpleasant’.

It isit比 stronger and ruder than 'annoying'比'annoying'語氣更強、更不客氣，and more personal than 'unpleasant'也比'unpleasant'更針對個人。