Front | impatient |
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Pron | [ɪm'peɪʃnt] |
Back | 【IMPATIENT】 As she was impatient to start to school, she forgot to take her homework. 由于她急着去上学,他忘了带家庭作业。 【重点词汇】 impatient adj. 不耐烦的, 焦急的 同: hasty |
Vocab | impatientrestless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
If you are impatient, you don’t like to wait. Do you have a hard time teaching children new skills? Do grab the shoe and tie it yourself? You’re impatient. Pent-up, antsy, restless, short-tempered, constantly checking the time — all of these are qualities of an impatient person. Patient comes from the Latin word patientem, meaning "to endure," but add the prefix im- and you get impatient — the inability to endure delays, mix-ups, people walking slowly, red lights. . . All forms of 'impatient' will appear on average once every 131 pages. impatience impatiently impatient inpatient patience patient patiently |
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