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TOEFL BNC: 4928 COCA: 4177

patience

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pa·tience /ˈpeɪʃəns/ ●●○ S3 noun [uncountableU]  
1  WAITthe ability to continue waiting or doing something for a long time without becoming angry or anxious 耐心 OPP impatience
 I wouldn’t have the patience to sit sewing all day.
我可没有耐心整天坐着缝缝补补。
infinite/unlimited/endless patience
 a good listener who has infinite patience
一个极具耐心、善于倾听的人。
2  ACCEPTthe ability to accept trouble and other people’s annoying behaviour without complaining or becoming angry 忍耐（力），忍受力，克制力
 You’ll need patience and understanding if you’re going to be a teacher.
如果你要当老师，就得具备耐心并能体谅他人。
have little/no patience with somebody
 She has no patience with time-wasters.
她受不了浪费时间的人。
lose/run out of patience (with somebody) (=stop being patient and get angry) （对某人）失去耐心
 I’m beginning to lose patience with you people.
我开始对你们这些人失去耐心了。
 It will take time and patience to get these changes accepted.
要让这些变革为人接受，需要时间和耐心。
 Celia’s patience suddenly snapped and she told them to shut up.
西莉亚突然忍不住了，叫他们住口。
the patience of Job/the patience of a saint (=very great patience when someone is annoying you) 约伯/圣人的耐心〔指极大的耐心〕
 Henry’s negative attitude is beginning to try my patience (=make me lose my patience).
亨利消极的态度开始让我失去耐心了。
3  (have) patience used to tell someone to wait calmly 耐心点〔用于劝告他人〕
 Patience, my dear. Some things take time.
耐心点，亲爱的，有些事情是要花时间的。
Examples from the Corpus
(have) patience• First, be kind to yourself, so you will have patience.• You have to have patience on the defensive end.
4. British EnglishBrEDGC a card game for one player 单人纸牌戏 SYN American English solitaire
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
verbs
have the patience to do something
He didn't have the patience to listen to another point of view.
have little/no patience with somebody
I'm afraid I have little patience with bureaucrats and their official rules.
lose patience (with somebody)
Eventually his family lost patience with him and his irresponsible behaviour.
run out of patience (with somebody)
She was wonderful with the children, and never ran out of patience.
try/test/tax somebody's patience (=make it difficult for someone to continue to be patient)
The guy at the desk was beginning to try my patience.
exhaust somebody's patience (=make someone lose patience)
He turned away from me, as if I had exhausted his patience.
somebody's patience is wearing thin (=they are becoming angry)
People's patience is wearing thin as the queues for visas get longer.
somebody's patience snaps (=they suddenly show their anger)
Celia's patience snapped when he dropped a second glass of wine on the carpet.
somebody's patience is rewarded (=they get what they were hoping and waiting to get)
After two hours, their patience was rewarded and they saw the bird.
adjectives
great patience
Painting by this method requires great patience.
infinite/endless/unlimited patience
She was lucky to have a maths teacher with infinite patience.
phrases
the patience of Job/a saint (=very great patience)
Those children would try the patience of a saint.
Examples from the Corpus
patience• The shepherd's skills and patience are still needed today, although barely a thousand shepherds work the summer Alpine pastures.• This type of medical research requires enormous patience.• Solomon, in Proverbs, highlighted patience, where he said that a prince is made mellow by patience.• Keith Jackson was starting to lose patience.• But it required total commitment, a huge investment and much patience.• More interesting was the momentary lapse of patience by Coach Dave Wannstedt in defending the moves.• We just ran out of patience with him.• The slow, fuzzy video and choppy sound were enough to try the patience of even the most patient.
have ... patience• Would each have the patience to continue the play, the will to make it work for them?• I could have competed on an international level but I didn't have the patience coping with injuries and stuff.
have little/no patience with somebody• I have little patience with routine tasks such as washing up, filling in forms, etc. 2.• I, I just have no patience with him much anymore.
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TOEFL BNC: 4928 COCA: 4177
patience

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PATIENCE | PATIENCE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤endless, great, infinite極大的耐心；無止境的容忍➤little沒多少耐心◇I have little patience with fundamentalists of any kind.我對任何派別的原教旨主義者都沒有多少耐心。VERB + PATIENCE➤exercise, have, show運用／擁有／表現出耐心◇They thanked him for showing so much patience.他們感謝他如此有耐心。➤lack缺乏耐心▸➤be out of, lose, run out of失去耐心◇It is clear that they are out of patience with me.很顯然，他們已經對我失去耐心。◇We eventually ran out of patience with him.我們對他終於忍無可忍。➤keep保持耐心◇I find it hard to keep my patience with them.我發現很難對他們保持耐心。➤demand, need, require, take要求有忍耐力；需要耐心◇Above all, fishing requires great patience.最重要的是，釣魚需要極大的耐心。➤exhaust, strain, stretch, tax, test, try耗盡耐心；使忍無可忍◇The children were beginning to try my patience.孩子們開始讓我忍無可忍了。➤counsel, preach (especially NAmE) 勸告要有耐心；宣揚忍耐◇His advisers are trying to counsel patience.他的顧問們正努力勸告他要有耐心。PATIENCE + VERB➤be exhausted, run out, snap, wear thin耐心耗盡；耐心突然失去；耐心逐漸消失◇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漸失去耐心，於是她閉上了嘴。◇Her patience snapped and she walked out.她一下子失去了耐心，走了出去。➤be rewarded耐心得到回報◇Our patience was finally rewarded and we got the band's autographs.我們耐心等待，終於得到了樂隊的簽名。PREPOSITION➤with patience耐心地◇She listened with infinite patience to his excuses.她極其耐心地聽着他的辯解。➤patience for對⋯的耐心◇He has little patience for people who don't work.他對不工作的人沒什麼耐心。➤patience with對⋯的耐心◇The fans were losing patience with the team.球迷們逐漸對球隊失去了耐心。PHRASES➤the patience of a saint聖人般的耐心◇These endless meetings are enough to tax the patience of a saint.這些沒完沒了的會議連聖人也無法忍受。
TOEFL BNC: 4928 COCA: 4177
patience noun
⇨ patience (show great patience) ⇨ lose patience ⇨ lose your temper patience

noun

patience ♦︎ tolerance ♦︎ resignationThese are all words for the ability or willingness to accept sb/sth annoying or difficult without complaining. 这些词均表示忍耐力、容忍。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆patience / tolerance for sb / sth◆with patience / tolerance / resignation◆great / infinite / little patience / tolerance◆to have / lack / require / show / exercise / learn patience / tolerance■ patience [uncountable] the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or sth annoying without complaining 耐心；忍耐力◆People have lost patience with the slow pace of reforms.改革的步伐缓慢，人们已经失去了耐心。◆I have run out of patience with her.我对她已失去耐心。◆The children were beginning to try my patience (= make it hard for me to remain patient).这些孩子开始让我受不了了。OPP impatience ⇨ restless   see also patient ⇨ calm adj. ■ tolerance ˈtɒlərəns; NAmE ˈtɑːlərəns [uncountable] the willingness to accept sb/sth or allow sb to do sth, especially opinions or behaviour that you may not agree with, or people who are not like you 忍受；容忍；宽容◆She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind.她容不得开任何玩笑。◆She showed greater tolerance towards her younger sister than before.她对妹妹比以往更宽容了。◆He was a strong advocate of religious tolerance.他大力倡导宗教包容。◆Howard County has a zero tolerance policy on alcohol use by teenagers.霍华德县对青少年饮酒采取零容忍政策。OPP intolerance ⇨ discrimination   see also tolerant ⇨ tolerant , tolerate ⇨ stand 2 ■ resignation ˌrezɪgˈneɪʃn [uncountable] the willingness to accept without complaining a difficult or unpleasant situation that you cannot change or prevent 顺从；听任◆They accepted their defeat with resignation.他们无可奈何，只能承认失败。  see also resign yourself to sth ⇨ accept
TOEFL BNC: 4928 COCA: 4177
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