patience
英式音标：patience怎么读
美式音标：patience怎么读
词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,中低频词,核心词汇
近义词： persistence,tolerance,stamina,perseverance,indulgence,endurance,fortitude
反义词： impatience
patience词义
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n. 耐性，耐心；忍耐，容忍
中文词源
patience 耐心，忍耐
来自拉丁语pati,忍受，承受，词源同passion,passive.即忍受力，忍耐，耐心。
patience双语例句
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- 1. Non-violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith.
- 非暴力和忍耐是他们的信仰的核心原则。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her husband was sympathetic at first but his patience soon wore thin.
- 一开始她丈夫还抱以同情，可不久就失去耐心了。
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- 3. It was exacting work and required all his patience.
- 工作很艰巨，需要他有极大的耐心。
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- 4. I've had enough—there are limits even for the patience of a saint!
- 我已经受够了——即使是圣人忍耐也是有限的！
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- 5. We would like to thank them for their patience and understanding.
- 我们要感谢他们的耐心和理解。
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patience英文词源
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- patience (n.)
- c. 1200, "quality of being willing to bear adversities, calm endurance of misfortune, suffering, etc.," from Old French pacience "patience; sufferance, permission" (12c.) and directly from Latin patientia "patience, endurance, submission," also "indulgence, leniency; humility; submissiveness; submission to lust;" literally "quality of suffering." It is an abstract noun formed from the adjective patientem (nominative patiens) "bearing, supporting; suffering, enduring, permitting; tolerant," but also "firm, unyielding, hard," used of persons as well as of navigable rivers, present participle of pati "to suffer, endure," from PIE root *pe(i)- "to damage, injure, hurt" (see passion).
Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]
Meaning "constancy in effort" is attested from 1510s. Meaning "card game for one person" is from 1816.
patience实用场景例句
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- She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views.
- 她很难接受这类观点。
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- People have lost patience with (= have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform.
- 人们对改革的缓慢速度已失去耐性。
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- My patience is wearing thin.
- 我要忍耐不住了。
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- I have run out of patience with her.
- 我对她已失去耐性。
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- Teaching children with special needs requires patience and understanding.
- 教育有特殊需要的儿童需要耐心和体谅。
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- It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife.
- 拍摄野生动物要肯花时间，要有毅力。
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- I don't have the patience to do jigsaw puzzles.
- 我没有耐性做拼图游戏。
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- He doesn't have the patience to wait...
- 他没有耐心等待。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was exacting work and required all his patience.
- 工作很艰巨，需要他有极大的耐心。
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- He would often sit and play patience.
- 他常常坐着玩单人纸牌游戏。
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- He tended to stutter, which tried her patience...
- 他老结巴，这叫她难以忍受。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I feel that she would try the patience of a saint.
- 我觉得圣人都能被她逼疯。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The old granny talked endlessly, but we listened to her with great patience.
- 老奶奶叨絮不休, 不过我们还是耐心地听着.
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- Even mother's patience was wearing thin.
- 甚至连母亲都渐渐变得不耐烦了.
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- My patience is not inexhaustible.
- 我的忍耐是有限的.
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- I haven't the patience to hear your complaints again.
- 我没耐性再听你的抱怨.
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- He possessed his soul in patience.
- 他耐心等待.
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- He is a marvel of patience.
- 他极有耐心.
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- We eventually ran out of patience with his childish behaviour.
- 我们终于对他幼稚的行为忍无可忍.
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- He has a sense of humour plus tolerance and patience.
- 他具有幽默感又能宽容和忍耐.
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- Patience is the trick in doing a job well.
- 耐心是做工作的诀窍.
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- I wonder at your patience.
- 你的耐心使我惊异.
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- That sort of work wants a lot of patience.
- 做这样工作需要很大的耐心.
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- This work demands your patience.
- 这项工作需要你的耐心.
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- He showed the greatest [ the utmost ] patience .
- 他表现出最大的 耐心.
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- My patience is exhausted.
- 我没有耐性了.
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- His behavior would try the patience of Job.
- 无论耐性多大的人也无法忍受他的行为.
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- Your patience is tested by time.
- 时间将考验你的耐心.
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