n.[U]
- 耐心；忍耐；耐性；毅力
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She has reached the limit of her
patience.
她已到了忍无可忍的地步。
Looking after children requires
patience.
照料孩子需要耐心。
短语
out of patience with
- 对……不能再忍受
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If you don't stop making that noise now, I'll be
out of patience with you!
你要是再不停止吵闹，我可要发火了！
have no patience with
- 不能容忍
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He
has no patience with children.
他对孩子没有耐心。
It would try the patience of a saint.
- 这样的话（或行动）即使是圣人也要发脾气。
Patience is a plaster for all sores.
- 忍耐可减轻一切痛苦。
辨析
n.
- the capacity to tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset.
- Brit. a card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences.
Phrase
- lose patience
(or lose one's patience)
become unable to keep one's temper.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. patientia, from patient-, pati ‘suffer’.
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