- tolerant (of/towards somebody/something)
able to accept what other people say or do even if you do not agree with it 忍受的;容忍的;宽容的 Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1, Personal qualitiesc1, Social issuesc1Mary was surprisingly tolerant of his annoying habits. 玛丽对他恼人的习惯出奇地宽容。 Mares are surprisingly tolerant of the roughness and rudeness of their own offspring. 母马容忍后代粗暴和野蛮的程度教人意外。 They need to be tolerant of other people. 他们需要宽容其他人。 an area known to be religiously tolerant 以宗教宽容度高而闻名的地区 There is little chance of a tolerant democratic system emerging. 出现一个宽容的民主制度的可能性很小。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- of
- towards/toward
- tolerant (of something)
(of plants, animals or machines )植物、动物或机器 able to survive or operate in difficult conditions opposite intolerant能在困难条件下生存(或操作)的;能耐…的
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French tolérant, present participle of tolérer, from Latin tolerare. Compare with earlier intolerant.