英汉词典

patience 基本解释

• n. 耐性，耐心；忍耐，容忍

patience 中文词源

来自拉丁语pati,忍受，承受，词源同passion,passive.即忍受力，忍耐，耐心。

patience 英文词源

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 词组搭配

patience 英文释义

1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2. a card game played by one person

patience 同义词解析

patience, endurance

这两个名词均含"忍耐，耐心"之意。

patience： 普通用词，通常指不急不躁的容忍态度或能力。

endurance： 侧重指忍受艰辛或痛苦的能力。

patience 双语例句

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。

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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 实用场景例句

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。

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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。

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I feel that she would try the patience of a saint.

我觉得圣人都能被她逼疯。

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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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