patience
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example, when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do. 耐心
He doesn't have the patience to wait. 他沒有耐心等。
2. PHRASE If someone tries your patience or tests your patience, they annoy you so much that it is very difficult for you to stay calm. 考騐某人的耐心極限
He tended to stutter whenever he spoke to her, which tried her patience. 他一跟她講話就結(jié)巴，這考騐了她耐心極限。
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patience /?pe???ns/
劍橋詞典
- I'm sorry but my patience is wearing thin .
- My patience is beginning to run out.
- He has the patience of a saint with those kids .
- I'm afraid he's exhausted my patience.
- He kept on crying and I lost my patience.
patience noun [U] (QUALITY)
the ability to wait , or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed忍耐，耐心
You have to have such a lot of patience when you're dealing with kids . 和孩子們打交道得有這樣的耐心才行。
In the end I lost my patience and shouted at her. 最後我失去了耐心，對她大吼大叫起來。
He's a good teacher , but he doesn't have much patience with the slower pupils . 他是個好老師，但對較遲鈍的學(xué)生沒多大耐心。
Making small-scale models takes /requires a great deal of patience. 做小型模型需要極大的耐心。
Their youngest son was beginning to try my patience (= annoy me). 他們的小兒子開始讓我忍無可忍。
Patience - they'll be here soon ! 別急——他們馬上就到！
反義詞
impatience
例句
patience noun [U] (CARD GAME)
UK (US solitaire)a game played with cards by one person
單人紙牌遊戯
習(xí)語
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