| 单词 | intolerant |
| 释义 | intolerant (once / 1500 pages) adj When you're intolerant, you can't or won't put up with something. Usually, that means you're not very open-minded. Being intolerant can mean you have a medical condition, like lactose intolerant people who can't eat dairy products. But more often being intolerant means you're unwilling to tolerate other ideas, opinions, beliefs or cultures. Homophobic people are intolerant of gay people. Sexist people are intolerant of women. Racist people are intolerant of people from other races. So it's safe to say intolerant people aren't the friendliest folks. WORD FAMILYintolerant: intolerance, intolerantly+/intolerance: intolerances/tolerant: intolerant, toleranter, tolerantly USAGE EXAMPLESDisentangling legitimate grievances from the intolerant aspects of populist protest is no easy matter. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) But, for a majority of her life, Huebner was intolerant of pain. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Lahren credited the boycott to “the unloving and intolerant left.” Salon(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion Syn|Ant uncharitable lacking love and generosity bigotedblindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others rigid, strictincapable of compromise or flexibility tolerant showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others charitablefull of love and generosity patientenduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance unbigotednot opinionated 2adj narrow-minded about cherished opinions Syn illiberal narrow, narrow-minded lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view |
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