Seeming to go on for ever. The key word is seeming. Almost nothing really has no end, so when we call something unending we are saying how it feels to the person living through it — usually badly.

Seeming to go on for ever看起來好像會永遠持續下去。The key word is seeming關鍵字是'seeming'（看起來）。Almost nothing really has no end幾乎沒有東西是真的沒有盡頭, so when we call something unending所以當我們說某件事unending, we are saying how it feels to the person living through it其實是在說這件事讓正在經歷的人感覺如何 — usually badly通常是不好的感覺。

It goes with suffering, noise, waiting, complaining, rain, war, paperwork: 'unending pain', 'her unending questions', 'the unending stream of bad news'. Because the feeling is so often one of being worn down, the word carries a tired, heavy tone even when the thing itself is neutral.

It goes with suffering, noise, waiting, complaining, rain, war, paperwork它常搭配的字有suffering（痛苦）、noise（噪音）、waiting（等待）、complaining（抱怨）、rain（雨）、war（戰爭）、paperwork（文書工作）: 'unending pain', 'her unending questions', 'the unending stream of bad news''unending pain'、'her unending questions'、'the unending stream of bad news'. Because the feeling is so often one of being worn down因為這種感覺常常是被磨到疲乏, the word carries a tired, heavy tone even when the thing itself is neutral即使描述的事情本身是中性的，這個字也帶著疲憊、沉重的語氣。

That said, it does turn up in warm or grand language too — 'unending love', 'unending gratitude', 'the unending beauty of the sky' — where the tone lifts and it means something like 'that will never run out'. You will meet that use in songs, poems, wedding speeches and religious writing more than in ordinary talk.

That said, it does turn up in warm or grand language too話雖如此，它也會出現在溫暖或崇高的語言裡 — 'unending love', 'unending gratitude', 'the unending beauty of the sky''unending love'、'unending gratitude'、'the unending beauty of the sky' — where the tone lifts and it means something like 'that will never run out'這時候語氣就會轉為正面，意思比較接近'永遠不會用完'. You will meet that use in songs, poems, wedding speeches and religious writing more than in ordinary talk你會在歌曲、詩、婚禮致詞和宗教文章裡遇到這種用法，多過在日常對話裡。

Compare its neighbours: endless is the everyday word and sounds most natural in speech; never-ending is the friendly spoken one ('a never-ending story'); eternal and everlasting are grander and more often about time itself. Unending is a little more literary than endless and is more often written than said.

Compare its neighbours比較一下它的近義字: endless is the everyday word and sounds most natural in speechendless是日常用字，講話時聽起來最自然; never-ending is the friendly spoken one ('a never-ending story')never-ending是比較親切的口語說法（'a never-ending story'）; eternal and everlasting are grander and more often about time itselfeternal和everlasting則更宏大，比較常用在講時間本身. Unending is a little more literary than endless and is more often written than saidunending比endless更偏文學一點，比較常出現在文字裡，而不是說出口。