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单词 patience
释义
patience
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/

patiencenoun[U](QUALITY)

B2
theabilitytowait, or tocontinuedoing somethingdespitedifficulties, or tosufferwithoutcomplainingorbecomingannoyed:
忍耐，耐心
You have to have a lot of patience when you'redealingwithkids.
In the end Ilostmy patience andshoutedat her.最后我失去了耐心，对她大吼大叫起来。
He's a goodteacher, but he doesn't have much patiencewiththeslowerpupils.他是个好老师，但对较迟钝的学生没多大耐心。
Making small-scalemodelstakes/requiresagreatdealof patience.做小型模型需要极大的耐心。
Theiryoungestsonwasbeginningtotrymy patience(=annoyme).他们的小儿子开始让我忍无可忍。
Patience - they'll be heresoon!别急——他们马上就到！
Opposite
impatience
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to get angry
  • lose your temperShe never lost her temper, never raised her voice.
  • explodeShe exploded with rage when she was mistaken for a cleaning lady.
  • eruptMy ex-husband would erupt over little things.
  • lose (your) patienceShe was starting to lose her patience with him.
  • become enragedHe became enraged and crashed out of the room.
  • fly into a rageI never saw him fly into a rage or treat anyone cruelly.
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More examples
  • I'msorrybut my patience iswearingthin.
  • My patience isbeginningtorunout.
  • He has the patience of asaintwith thosekids.
  • I'mafraidhe'sexhaustedmy patience.
  • Hekeptoncryingand Ilostmy patience.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Patient and uncomplaining
  • dove
  • equable
  • equably
  • equanimity
  • even-tempered
  • forbearing
  • long-suffering
  • non-combative
  • pacific
  • patient
  • patiently
  • peace-loving
  • peaceably
  • stoically
  • stoicism
  • the patience of Jobidiom
  • uncomplaining
  • uncomplainingly
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patiencenoun[U](CARD GAME)

UK
(USsolitaire)
agameplayedwithcardsby oneperson
单人纸牌游戏
picture of patience
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Card games
  • all in
  • bidding
  • busted flush
  • canasta
  • card sharp
  • deal
  • diamond
  • flush
  • jack
  • joker
  • pass
  • pool
  • re-raise
  • rebid
  • recut
  • rookie card
  • royal flush
  • solitaire
  • spade
  • straight
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Idioms

have the patience of a saint
the patience of Job
(Definition ofpatiencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
patience
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃəns/

patiencenoun[U](QUALITY)

B2
theabilitytowait, or tocontinuedoing somethingdespitedifficulties, or tosufferwithoutcomplainingorbecomingannoyed
忍耐，耐心
You have to have such a lot of patience when you'redealingwithkids.和孩子们打交道得有这样的耐心才行。
In the end Ilostmy patience andshoutedat her.最后我失去了耐心，对她大吼大叫起来。
He's a goodteacher, but he doesn't have much patiencewiththeslowerpupils.他是个好老师，但对较迟钝的学生没多大耐心。
Making small-scalemodelstakes/requiresagreatdealof patience.做小型模型需要极大的耐心。
Theiryoungestsonwasbeginningtotrymy patience(=annoyme).他们的小儿子开始让我忍无可忍。
Patience - they'll be heresoon!别急——他们马上就到！
Opposite
impatience
More examples
  • I'msorrybut my patience iswearingthin.
  • My patience isbeginningtorunout.
  • He has the patience of asaintwith thosekids.
  • I'mafraidhe'sexhaustedmy patience.
  • Hekeptoncryingand Ilostmy patience.

patiencenoun[U](CARD GAME)

UK
(USsolitaire)
agameplayedwithcardsby oneperson
单人纸牌游戏

Idioms

have the patience of a saint
the patience of Job

patience| American Dictionary

patience
noun[U]
us
/ˈpeɪ·ʃəns/
theabilitytoacceptdelay,suffering, orannoyancewithoutcomplainingorbecomingangry:
He’s a man ofgreatpatience.
Herconstantcomplainingwasbeginningtotest/trymy patience.

patient

adjectiveus
/ˈpeɪ·ʃənt/
Just be patient – dinner’salmostready.

patiently

adverbus
/ˈpeɪ·ʃənt·li/
Hewaitedpatiently for hisnameto be called.
(Definition ofpatiencefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpatience

patience
Thispatiencederives from understanding that the intervention will have little impact if it is forcibly imposed, an insight that develops during a speaker's life.
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This is a book exhibiting great industry and immensepatiencewith its subject matter, but it hardly excites.
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For example, application forms are not sent and not processed or processed with exceedingly long delays in the hope that the applicant losespatience.
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In this article, we analyze the simplest abandonment model, assuming that the customer'spatienceis exponentially distributed.
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Therefore, a theory of endogenous changes inpatienceis something different from a theory of marginal rates of substitution.
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But these indirect methods are often painstaking and limited by time,patience, and the availability of patients with selective impairments.
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It risks being boring and trying the audience'spatience, but succeeds in drawing humour from a blend of anticipation and surprise.
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Consider that with tolerance andpatience, we godly demons may breed a noble world in a few hundred generations or so.
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The value ofpatiencehas to be added to the discounted value of the consumption string.
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Theirpatience, however, frayed as the arrearages came to be measured in years rather than months.
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However, the road to fruitful negotiations with public institutions is often long and winding, and must be traveled withpatience.
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Patienceis a personality trait + an attribute or ability.
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So too would cheerfulness andpatiencein the face of absolute disaster.
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Also, when the questions become more complex and involve many databanks, assembly of the data needed exceeds the skill andpatienceof most biologists.
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If the consumer conceivespatienceas an attribute or ability that he desires for its own sake, he might rationally take steps to acquire it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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