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单词 impatience
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impatience
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpeɪ.ʃəns/us
/ɪmˈpeɪ.ʃəns/
C2
thefeelingof beingannoyedby someone'smistakesor because you have towait:
不耐烦，无耐心
"I'veshownyou how to do this before," she said,unabletodisguiseher impatience.“唉，我以前教过你怎么做的，”她说道，掩饰不住自己的不耐烦。
There's agrowingimpatience among theelectoratewiththeoldtwo-partysystem.选民对旧有的两党制日渐失去耐心。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
anger
  • angerHe vented his anger by kicking the door.
  • annoyanceSmoke can cause annoyance by making clothes and hair smell unpleasant.
  • irritationShe expressed irritation with her son's attitude.
  • frustrationA lot of children's behaviour problems are caused by sheer frustration.
  • furyThe speech provoked fury in some parts of the world.
  • rageHe was filled with jealous rage when he saw his girlfriend talking to another man.
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C2
thefeelingofwantingsomething tohappenassoonaspossible:
切望；焦急
[+ to infinitive]He was alreadyhalfanhourlate, whichexplainshis impatiencetoleave.他已经晚了半小时，所以他急着要离开。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Anger and displeasure
  • acrimony
  • anger
  • animus
  • annoyance
  • bad feeling
  • flap
  • fuss
  • get the humpidiom
  • gorge
  • grit
  • grityourteethidiom
  • grudge
  • hard feelingsidiom
  • irritation
  • red mist
  • reprehension
  • resentfulness
  • resentment
  • road rage
  • slow burn
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(Definition ofimpatiencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpatience

impatience
All have their separate impatiences.
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Subsequent outbursts ofimpatienceand despair need to be considered alongside more hopeful and sympathetic remarks.
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Such ' obstinacy ', when it appeared as scholastic hair-splitting without practical value, could elicitimpatiencerather than admiration.
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Two common modes in which customers display theirimpatienceare balking and reneging.
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He was perfectly capable of expressingimpatienceat overly fastidious definition, in the face of blunt social reality.
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In addition, we make the assumption of a positive marginalimpatience: the discount rate increases with the level of the environmental quality.
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More likely, however, she will respond to it with a certain measure ofimpatience.
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The income-impatienceeffect described earlier is in fact the key to the dramatic variation in the model's quantitative properties as increases.
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There wasimpatienceat the continuation of pr ivate ownership in industr y and the continuity of manager ial personnel where companies had been nationalised.
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Rather, their impulsivity is manifested in markedimpatience, interruption of others, and difficulty regulating excitement.
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They also report on model sensitivity checks, feeding in alternatives values (not the calibrated values) of risk aversion and the discount rate/impatienceparameters.
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Even those couples with noimpatienceto consume have little incentive to buy annuities, less than a 7% increase in welfare.
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Furthermore,impatienceis higher in the short run than in the long run, because the environmental quality is higher andimpatienceincreases with it.
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As increases further, however, the income-impatienceeffects begin to dominate the substitution effects.
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A central element, however, relates to expressions of anger orimpatiencewith authority; with resentment or boredom.
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