patience
noun /ˈpeɪʃns/
/ˈpeɪʃns/
[uncountable]Idioms - 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。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2- Her 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
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- exercise
- have
- show
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- be exhausted
- run out
- snap
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- with patience
- patience for
- patience with
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- the patience of a saint
- She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views.
- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
- great
- infinite
- …
- exercise
- have
- show
- …
- be exhausted
- run out
- snap
- …
- with patience
- patience for
- patience with
- …
- the patience of a saint
- It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife.
- (British English) (North American English solitaire)a card game for only one player
单人纸牌游戏
词源Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.
Idioms
the patience of Job
- the quality of being extremely patient and not complaining
极其耐心；心平气和 - You need the patience of Job to deal with some of our customers.
和我们的一些顾客打交道需要有极大的耐心。
- You need the patience of Job to deal with some of our customers.
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。
- His stubbornness would try the patience of a saint.