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Impatient Impatience People Wait Time Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词   [V Link

英语单词 impatient
英美音标 英 [ɪm'peɪʃnt] 美 [ɪm'peɪʃnt]
中文释义 adj.不耐烦的;急躁的
英语例句 (1) He tends to snap at people when he gets impatient.
(2) The impatient teacher slapped the student.
(3) Your impatient self clearly suffers from a similar fixed cost of carrying out subtraction.
中文例句 (1) 他一不耐烦的时候就对人没有好声气。
(2) 这位不耐烦的老师掌击了学生。
(3) 你身上那个急躁的自我,显然在实施减法时承受着类似的固定成本。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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. . .
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不耐烦的;急躁的 If you are impatient, you are annoyed because you have to wait too long for something.
  [v-link ADJ]
  • He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another...

    一个小时、两个小时过去了,他不耐烦了。

  • The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.

    大牌俱乐部对缓慢的进展越来越不耐烦了。

impatiently
  • People have been waiting impatiently for a chance to improve the situation.

    人们一直在焦急地等待使形势出现转机的机会。

impatience
  • There is considerable impatience with the slow pace of political change...

    政治变革的缓慢步伐已令很多人失去耐心。

  • Impatience is growing after three days in which nothing has been achieved.

    3 天没有任何进展,烦躁情绪见长。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]易发火的;无耐心的 If you are impatient, you are easily irritated by things.
  • Beware of being too impatient with others...

    注意不要对人不耐烦。

  • He threw it aside with an impatient gesture and another oath and walked off.

    他不耐烦地把它扔到一边,又骂了一句,然后走开了。

impatiently
  • 'Come on, David,' Harry said impatiently.

    “戴维,快点!”哈里不耐烦地说。

impatience
  • There was a hint of impatience in his tone.

    他的语气中透出些不耐烦。

3
[ADJ 形容词]迫不及待的;切望的;急不可耐的 If you are impatient to do something or impatient for something to happen, you are eager to do it or for it to happen and do not want to wait.
  [v-link ADJ]
  • He was impatient to get home...

    他迫不及待想要回家。

  • They are impatient for jobs and security.

    他们渴望得到工作,获取安全感。

impatience
  • She showed impatience to continue the climb.

    她迫不及待地想要继续攀登。

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