- patience (with somebody/something)
the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or something annoying without complaining 耐心；忍耐力 She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views. 她很难接受这类观点。 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经失去耐性。 I have run out of patience with her. 我对她已失去耐性了。 My patience is wearing thin (= I do not have much patience left). 我要忍耐不住了。 Teaching children with special needs requires patience and understanding. 教导有特殊需要的儿童需要耐心和体谅。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2Her patience snapped and she walked out. 她一下子失去了耐心，走了出去。 I find it hard to keep my patience with them. 我发现很难对他们保持耐心。 It is clear that they are out of patience with me. 很显然，他们已经对我失去耐心。 Meg could see Kirk's patience was running out, so she shut up. 梅格可以看出柯克先生正在逐渐失去耐心，于是她闭上了嘴。 She listened with infinite patience to his excuses. 她极其耐心地听着他的辩解。 The children were beginning to try my patience. 孩子们开始让我忍无可忍了。 They thanked him for showing so much patience. 他们感谢他如此有耐心。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
- great
- infinite
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- exercise
- have
- show
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- be exhausted
- run out
- snap
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- with patience
- patience for
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- the patience of a saint
the ability to spend a lot of time doing something difficult that needs a lot of attention and effort 毅力；坚忍；恒心 It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife. 拍摄野生生物要肯花时间，还要有毅力。 I don't have the patience to do jigsaw puzzles. 我没有耐性玩拼图游戏。 Our patience was finally rewarded and we got the band's autographs. 我们耐心等待，终于得到了乐队的签名。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
- great
- infinite
- …
- exercise
- have
- show
- …
- be exhausted
- run out
- snap
- …
- with patience
- patience for
- patience with
- …
- the patience of a saint
- (British English) (North American English solitaire)
a card game for only one player 单人纸牌游戏
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.
Idioms
the patience of Job
try somebody’s patience
to make somebody feel impatient 使忍无可忍；使不耐烦 His stubbornness would try the patience of a saint. 他的固执会考验圣人的耐心。