| 单词 | impatient |
| 释义 | impatient (once / 131 pages) adj 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. . . WORD FAMILYimpatient: impatience, impatienter, impatiently+/impatience: impatiences/inpatient: inpatients/patience: patiences/patient: impatient, inpatient, patience, patiently, patients USAGE EXAMPLESThe impatient trustee finally snapped, “You were using a much nicer reel on your Facebook page!” Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) In one instance, an impatient chief executive wanted a session with Mr. Smith to end as quickly as possible. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) What were once sleepy two-lane country roads are now teaming with impatient commuters, school busses, and mini-vans. Salon(Dec 05, 2016) 1adj restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition impatient with the slower students impatient of criticism Syn|Ant agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply restiveimpatient especially under restriction or delay unforbearingunwilling to endure patient enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance uncomplainingnot complaining diligent, perseveringquietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness enduring, long-sufferingpatiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble forbearing, longanimousshowing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment patient of, tolerantshowing the capacity for endurance unhurriedcapable of accepting delay with equanimity tolerantshowing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others 2adj (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness impatient to begin Syn raring eager having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy |
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